AEI Hosts Fifth Secret Meeting to Promote Carbon Tax

globalwarming.org ^ | 7/11/2012 | Marlo Lewis

[mykroar]

Today, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a prominent conservative think tank, hosted a secret, four-and-a-half hour meeting of pols, wonks, and activists, including several self-identified ’progressives,’ to develop a PR/legislative strategy to promote and enact a carbon tax. This was the fifth such meeting to advance the ”Price Carbon Campaign/Lame Duck Initiative: A Carbon Pollution Tax in Fiscal and Tax Reform.” An annoted copy of the meeting agenda appears at the bottom of this post.

[mykroar]

The GOP’s only clear product differentiator – and most durable political asset — is its reputation as the no tax increase party. The Inglis and AEI initiatives, if successful, would destroy this asset.

/sigh

[Ancesthntr]

AEI is in the process of losing all credibility with conservatives. A carbon tax - REALLY?! Who are they, Algore clones? Soros’ servants? Certainly they are idiots.

[Gasshog]

No they are thieves and crooks. Liars also.

[GladesGuru]

Actually, like nearly all of the Beltway Bandits, they are empire builders. As such, they will shill for money.

[drypowder]

like nearly all of the Beltway Bandits, they are empire builders

thieving whores is a more apt term for them

[lowbridge]

Bump

[denydenydeny]

What’s Rush’s phrase? Any group not actively pursuing a conservative agenda will be taken over by progressives? Something like that?