This morning we wrapped up three days of exciting and successful events in South Carolina as part of our Hot Air Tour to let Senator Lindsey Graham hear from thousands of his constituents on the issue of cap-and-trade. As you may know, Senator Graham joined Massachusetts Senator John Kerry in an op ed supporting the job killing, tax increasing cap-and-trade policies.

So, we brought our AFP Hot Air Tour to the Palmetto State for events in Spartanburg, Columbia, Mt. Pleasant/Charleston and finally Myrtle Beach this morning.

The Great Recession of 2008 exposed the dangers that occur when government distorts markets on an economy-wide scale. Banks seized on government guidance to give out risky, sub-prime loans to borrowers that would never pay them back. Without the tax breaks and comparative advantages provided by the government, these loans would never have been granted.

Yesterday, as the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee began hearings on the job-killing tax increase called cap-and-trade, we're in South Carolina holding Hot Air Tour events targeted at Sen. Lindsey Graham on this very issue.

The New York Times reported last week that New York Governor David Paterson is deeply concerned about President Obama’s health care reform and its effects on his state’s already massively imbalanced budget. This is because both the House and Senate versions of the bill require states to pick up at least a portion of the cost for newly enrolled Medicaid beneficiaries.

We're back on the road again this week with our anti Cap-and-Trade “Cost of Hot Air” Tour. This time we're in my home state of South Carolina educating activists about the dangerous effects Cap-and-Trade would have on the South Carolina economy and what they can do to stop this job killing, tax increasing legislation.