Posted on 09/27/2007 8:15:13 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Democrat Wants Higher Gas Taxes, New Carbon Fees By Susan Jones CNSNews.com Senior Editor September 27, 2007
(CNSNews.com) - Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, is proposing a new carbon tax to reduce U.S. energy consumption. Part of the proceeds, he said would help pay for "universal health care -- "upon passage," he noted.
In addition to the carbon tax, Dingell's plan to reduce global warming also includes higher taxes on gasoline; and a phase-out of the mortgage interest deduction on what he called "McMansions."
Dingell, who revealed aspects of the plan earlier this summer (see earlier report), has now summarized it on his website, and he also invited people to comment on the plan.
"The earth is getting warmer and human activities are a large part of the cause," Dingell said. "We need to act in order to prevent a serious problem."
Dingell admits that reducing greenhouse gas emissions will be a "massive undertaking," but he believes higher taxes and fees are "the most effective way" to solve the problem.
Dingell said he would levy an additional 50-cents-a-gallon tax on gasoline, jet fuel, kerosene, to be phased in over five years and then adjusted for inflation.
He said diesel fuel and biofuels that do not contain petroleum would be exempt from the additional tax. (As Cybercast News Service reported, new studies say biofuels may increase global warming.)
As for the McMansion tax, Dingell argues that large homes have contributed to "increased sprawl (more gasoline) and longer commutes." Although new homes are more energy efficient, he admits, their size alone gives them a larger carbon footprint.
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The Executive Branch is the only thing holding back the socialist floodgates.
And THAT, my FRiends, is just the begining.
Dingell seems to know what size house the unwashed “should” live in.
Interesting.
These people are dangerous, dumb and in office.
And how is Senator “Ding-Dong” going to get back and forth to Michigan and DC? By horse? Is he going to walk? How about a train?
Not likely. He’s one of those “do as we say, not as we do” folks.
Is the fact that the democrat party wants to increase ALL taxes a great big surprise to anybody? These socialist redistributors want to take what you have worked for and give it to some program to address some imagined problem. They want to enable those who are dependent upon entitlements. When will this end? They will be taxing our taxes and then taxing us when we take a crap. Tax me, tax me, tax me.
Man if the republicans can not capitalize on the punitive nature of Democratic tax policy they deserve to lose..
and a phase-out of the mortgage interest deduction on what he called "McMansions."
LOL good luck with that! Start telling people who have worked their whole lives to buy their dream home youre going to take away a deduction which has been almost automatic for decades.
He said diesel fuel and biofuels that do not contain petroleum would be exempt from the additional tax.
Ummm burning anything *including biofuels* releases co2 in fact it burns more!
| C12H26 + 18.5 O2 | → 12 CO2 + 13 H2O | 18.5 x energy units. | |
| Glucose via ethanol: | |||
| Glucose | 2 C6H12O6 | → 4 CO2 + 4 C2H5OH | |
| Ethanol: | 4 C2H5OH + 12 O2 | → 8 CO2 + 12 H2O | |
| 2 C6H12O6 + 12 O2 | → 12 CO2 + 12 H2O | 12.0 x energy units | |
I would support a Gas Tax, it would really hurt Democrats the most.
Does anyone have his home address? can we use google maps to compare the size of his house to a ‘McMansion’..
When this hypocrite goes to live off the land in an unheated shack in the woods, I’ll consider the merits of his position. Until then, he’s just another liberal hypocrite to ignore.
Large families breath more air, and thus release more CO2 into the atmosphere. So look for the day when Democrats, instead of letting you “deduct” your children on your Income Taxes, will instead make you pay a Carbon Tax on them. Of course there’ll be offsets, like Carbon Credits for Abortions and non-child bearing partners such as Gays. I wonder if you;ll be able to buy carbon Credits from Gay people on E-Bay?
Why aren’t the UAW members hammering on the top of Dingell’s car, chasing him around like AARP members did to Rostenkowski? Does he want Michigan to have its own depression as opposed to its very own recession that it is currently suffering?
50 cent a gallon gas tax? And just how is that going to help ‘Working Class Familes’ and ‘Po People’?
Every time they raise taxes on the American people, they should also cut their salaries by 25%. You’ll never see another tax raised. We need our taxes cut, unless it is to pay for a war. What they want is control by taking money away from the American people. They don’t even know if Global Warming even exists or if it does, what is causing it but yet they want to tax us on it. Bunch of fools.
“Dingell admits that reducing greenhouse gas emissions will be a “massive undertaking,” but he believes higher taxes and fees are “the most effective way” to solve the problem.”
No, the most effective way to solve the problem (assuming it even is a problem) would be to sell or give our emissions technology to China and India. Halving (or more) their potential pollution is far more effective and economical than trying to squeeze out another half a percent of emissions reduction out of our cars and trucks.
But, hey, it is all America’s fault, right?
This is just another stinking money grab by the libs. You will still be able to drive what you like, but there will just be more “gas guzzler” taxes to punish you and reward politicians.
They are just crazy people.
This taxation is meant to grow the numbers of government workers needed to enforce nanny state social engineering policy.
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