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Senate Dems Push $2 Trillion Carbon Tax Bill After Voting Down Keystone XL
The Daily Caller ^
| 11/19/2014
| Michael Bastasch
Posted on 11/20/2014 9:51:14 AM PST by Rusty0604
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posted on
11/20/2014 9:51:14 AM PST
by
Rusty0604
To: Rusty0604
Aren’t taxes supposed to originate in the House? I’m so confused these days.
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posted on
11/20/2014 9:52:53 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Rusty0604
....Umm
I thought all legislation regarding taxes is to originate in the House.....
(not that it matters to Justice Roberts....)
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posted on
11/20/2014 9:53:23 AM PST
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: Rusty0604
And that tax would reduce carbon emissions by making too expensive to drive?
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posted on
11/20/2014 9:54:16 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
To: Rusty0604
Haven’t they done enough damage to the economy? Good Lord, they want to tax us back to the Stone Age!
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posted on
11/20/2014 9:56:36 AM PST
by
fhayek
To: Rusty0604
Can someone explain which items require 60 votes in the senate and some a majority?
To: Blood of Tyrants
It would make everything more expensive. The carbon tax hurt the economy so much in Australia they voted in a conservative that promised to repeal the tax.
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posted on
11/20/2014 9:57:48 AM PST
by
Rusty0604
To: Rusty0604
I had to check to see if this story was from a satire site.
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posted on
11/20/2014 9:57:57 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: Rusty0604
Right now we are subsidizing big polluters to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars annually by allowing them to pollute for free,
If it’s CO2, it’s not polution.
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posted on
11/20/2014 9:58:30 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: morphing libertarian
If it’s something Harry Reid wants to pass, it only requires a simple majority. (1/2 sarc)
To: cuban leaf
They won’t be happy until all manufacturing moves to China.
To: Rusty0604
More illegal destruction by the communists Democrats with all the power to run America with the Senate and King Obama. Will never be reversed because so much damage is done that cannot be reversed.
To: Rusty0604
It’s the Clintoon BTU tax all over again.
To: driftdiver
To: nikos1121
It’s so hard to tell these days.
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posted on
11/20/2014 10:12:02 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Rusty0604
Democrats argue it would raise $2 trillion, which could be used for things like paying down the national debt Sounds like Gruber is still on the payroll.
To: Rusty0604
>>>...which could be used for things like paying down the national debt...<<<
That’s the usual ‘Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown’ trick that sucks in some budget hawks and garner their support.
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posted on
11/20/2014 10:12:53 AM PST
by
Paulie
(Get off the grid.)
To: Paulie
Yes, that gave me a chuckle.
To: morphing libertarian
If someone is filibustering, 60 to get it heard. If not, a majority
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posted on
11/20/2014 10:29:52 AM PST
by
Pikachu_Dad
(Impeach Sen Quinn)
To: driftdiver
Having only 41 votes is hardly a victory!
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posted on
11/20/2014 10:31:04 AM PST
by
Pikachu_Dad
(Impeach Sen Quinn)
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