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"Libertarian" Gary Johnson Pushes "Free Market" Carbon Tax
The New American ^ | 23 August 2016 | Alex Newman

Posted on 08/23/2016 2:46:21 PM PDT by VitacoreVision

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To: sheehan

That has been my take for some time.

I agree.

Now it’s 0.5%.


21 posted on 08/23/2016 3:06:03 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: Jim Robinson

That sums it up well IMO.

If he takes votes from Hillary, he may just be ours this time around. LOL


22 posted on 08/23/2016 3:07:11 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: VitacoreVision

A couple friends of mine are diehard libertarians. They are horrified by Johnson. When they learned he’d picked Bill Weld as his vp candidate, they were apoplectic.

Lotta weed, I’m thinking.


23 posted on 08/23/2016 3:13:02 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proudii mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: VitacoreVision

Tax all liberals first. Wait 10 years to see if it helped anything. Then we can debate the merits. As for now, stay the hell away from my Liberty!


24 posted on 08/23/2016 3:18:24 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: VitacoreVision
FGJ! Dumbass. 😡
25 posted on 08/23/2016 3:24:02 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: VitacoreVision

The libtard strikes again


26 posted on 08/23/2016 3:29:33 PM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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To: Iron Munro

I hope he becomes Hillie’s competition for the carbon tax votes-the more the better...

My relatives in NM are voting for Trump-they say Gary was all for cutting taxes when he was governor-they’re appalled that he has done a 180 on a lot of things-one of my cousins is sure he has been bought by the enviro lobby or the Berniebots, and has become their little mascota-he does look a bit like a pet Chihuahua...


27 posted on 08/23/2016 3:29:42 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: VitacoreVision
How did this guy get on the Libertarian ticket?

He is not even close to libertarian philosophy.

28 posted on 08/23/2016 3:37:07 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: VitacoreVision

Clearly, Johnson is out of step with what we’ve come to think of as libertarianism — less government — but the idea of a “pollution tax” as an alternative to regulation was a libertarian “free market” idea a generation back, so he’s not as much of an outlier as it might at first appear.


29 posted on 08/23/2016 3:39:04 PM PDT by x
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To: VitacoreVision

That is good. More third party votes for Trump


30 posted on 08/23/2016 3:45:47 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: VitacoreVision
The idea of the article is correct but it is loaded with junk like this

Human emissions of CO[2], though, appear to be insignificant at best, making up a fraction of one percent of all the "greenhouse gases" in the atmosphere.

That's not true. But the effect of the human portion (40% of long last greenhouse gases) is mainly beneficial.

31 posted on 08/23/2016 3:48:47 PM PDT by palmer (Net "neutrality" = Obama turning the internet over to foreign enemies)
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To: VitacoreVision

Just in case your “consistent conservative” friends question this article, here’s a link to a source article.

http://juneauempire.com/state/2016-08-21/third-party-first-pick-gary-johnson-addresses-alaskan-issues-interview


32 posted on 08/23/2016 3:49:14 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: VitacoreVision

Johnson gives Marijuana a bad reputation. AGW - had to be high when he thought that one up!


33 posted on 08/23/2016 4:05:47 PM PDT by Thickman (Obama - Professor of the United States)
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To: Bryanw92

This Mises article should stop your Libertarian friends in their tracks.

Mises Institute: Dear Gary Johnson, There Is No “Free-Market” Carbon Tax
https://mises.org/blog/dear-gary-johnson-there-no-free-market-carbon-tax-1


34 posted on 08/23/2016 4:07:21 PM PDT by VitacoreVision
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To: VitacoreVision

>>This Mises article should stop your Libertarian friends in their tracks.

Does anything stop liberal-tarians in their tracks (other than a high velocity projectile)? They always “know” that they are not only right, but they are above mere politics.


35 posted on 08/23/2016 4:09:25 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: VitacoreVision
to stop alleged “climate change.”

Accepting the libtard abstract analytic conceptual framework is the first mistake. Thinking a tax is compatible with freedom and is part of the free market is the second mistake. Thinking that a tax would be beneficial is the third mistake.

36 posted on 08/23/2016 4:24:35 PM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: VitacoreVision

We have four liberals running for President in this election.

Of the four - Trump is the only sane one.


37 posted on 08/23/2016 4:26:12 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: VitacoreVision
Actually that could be good news.A position like that would appeal much more to Bernie supporters than to anyone else.Remember,Ralph Nader got *just* enough votes in New Hampshire in 2000 (4 Electoral Votes) to cost The Inventor Of The Internet the election.
38 posted on 08/23/2016 4:34:01 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (In Today's America Feelings Are The New Truth)
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To: VitacoreVision
...announced support for a deeply unpopular tax...

Correction,deeply unpopular *to some*.See my earlier post.

39 posted on 08/23/2016 4:36:11 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (In Today's America Feelings Are The New Truth)
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To: VitacoreVision

Gary Johnson is an idiotic with a capital IDIOT. A carbon tax is an industry killer as well as a double-edged sword that the Democrats would use to tax individuals for their “carbon footprint” or “breath print”, aka, “breathing”.

Today’s Libertarians, for the most part, are no different from the Marxist leftists except that they use bigger words to pull the wool over the potential voters’ eyes.


40 posted on 08/23/2016 4:41:12 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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