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Ex-GOP Rep. Ryan Costello joins group pushing carbon tax
The Hill ^ | 01/07/19 | Timothy Cama

Posted on 01/07/2019 8:55:11 PM PST by yesthatjallen

Former GOP Rep. Ryan Costello (Pa.) is signing on to work for a group pushing a business-backed proposal to fight climate change with a carbon tax.

Costello, less than a week out of the House, announced Monday in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece that he’s the new managing director of Americans for Carbon Dividends. The group is the advocacy affiliate of the Climate Leadership Council, pushing a plan by former GOP Secretaries of State James Baker and George Shultz to tax carbon dioxide emissions and return the money to individuals and families on a quarterly basis.

“I understand the legislative process. I have run many a political campaign,” he said. “Dealing with elected officials across the country, I think, will be seamless for me to do. Creating issue advocacy campaigns, identifying the types of members that might be open to this, and frankly, working on the text.”

His opinion piece squarely targets Republicans in Congress and pushes them to endorse a comprehensive climate policy.

“For Republicans to be the party of the future, we need a plan to protect the future,” he wrote. “With the early impacts of climate change plain for all to see, it is high time for the Grand Old Party to embrace its proud historical legacy of environmental conservation by proposing market-based and forward-looking climate solutions of our own.”

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'Hey, GOP! Jump on the carbon tax bandwagon to save the planet!'

While Costello was on the moderate side of the climate issue in Congress before he decided against running for reelection last year, he thinks he can get more of the GOP onboard.

“The Republican position is that regulations create market uncertainty and oftentimes don’t accomplish the objective. We feel that this is a better way of getting to the objective, which is substantially reducing carbon emissions over the next 10 years, and ultimately getting to a zero carbon footprint,” he said.

Basically he going to tell Republicans they can earn big money by joining the scam.

If ya can't defeat it you might as well make money off it.

1 posted on 01/07/2019 8:55:11 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

“Return the money...” LOL


2 posted on 01/07/2019 8:57:17 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: yesthatjallen
Any Republican that supports this nonsense isn't really a Republican. This is one of those issues that makes it easy to decide whether or not the candidate gets your vote.
3 posted on 01/07/2019 9:03:03 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (Any lover of big government is an enemy of freedom, including the GOPe.)
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To: RightGeek

no doubt he’ll be lobbying Romney!

6 Jan: Park Record, Utah: Editorial: On climate change, Mitt Romney has an opportunity to lead
Despite the former GOP presidential nominee’s ties to the Park City area, voters here instead backed his Democratic opponent, Jenny Wilson, in November. But on at least one important topic, Romney’s views broadly align with those of Summit County residents and we’ll be looking to him for leadership.

In contrast to many in his party, Romney is a firm believer in climate change. Separating him further from a significant number of his GOP colleagues, he also believes that humans are contributing to it. During last year’s campaign, he spoke repeatedly about the importance of combating climate change and the danger of failing to do so — including the potential for wildfires in the West to become even more severe and frequent in coming decades...

Already, Romney has shown he is unafraid to ruffle feathers on Capitol Hill. He spent the days before he took the oath of office Thursday in the national spotlight for authoring an opinion piece in the Washington Post taking President Trump to task for failing to rise “to the mantle of the office.”...
He’ll need to take that aggressive tone one step further on climate change and demand action. That would mean finding common ground with Democrats on climate legislation and, given the current state of the GOP, being one of the few from his party willing to do so...
https://www.parkrecord.com/opinion/record-editorial-on-climate-change-mitt-romney-has-an-opportunity-to-lead/


4 posted on 01/07/2019 9:04:16 PM PST by MAGAthon
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To: yesthatjallen

Carbon taxes and credits are a scam.
These are the R jersey Uniparty operatives at work.


5 posted on 01/07/2019 9:05:46 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: yesthatjallen

James Baker and George Shultz
Dead center to the Bush Family.
Anyone care to bet how much they expect to make out of this scam?


6 posted on 01/07/2019 9:07:58 PM PST by Zathras
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To: yesthatjallen
Al Gore's BTU tax in different clothes, that's all the carbon tax is. The goal is to limit the energy everyone can have and thereby every detail of their lives.

Want to drive yourself to work rather than moving to a city and using Mass Transit? Fine, but you won't be able to heat or cool your house as well because you'd use too many BTUs or produce too much carbon.

Start your own business? You better save up a ton of carbon credits because that little shop you want to have will produce a lot of carbon.

On and on, one damn bunch of lies intended to dupe the public the same way they duped the public to get the 16th and 17th Amendments that gave the Federal Government unlimited power and nationalized all politics so that States were no longer a brake on the Federal Government.

No checks, no balances, just the wonderful, benevolent, Nobility dictating every detail of the lives of serfs, that's the goal.

7 posted on 01/07/2019 9:08:59 PM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: yesthatjallen

There really aught’a be some kind of anti-insider trading type law about ex politicos getting involved in a political issue after getting out of office.


8 posted on 01/07/2019 9:10:12 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true; I have no proof .... but they're true.)
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To: yesthatjallen
Selling his soul.

Doesn't give a damn about the truth, just the biggest paycheck.

9 posted on 01/07/2019 9:14:26 PM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: yesthatjallen

Damn politicians!


10 posted on 01/07/2019 9:21:58 PM PST by onedoug
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To: Zathras
"Anyone care to bet how much they expect to make out of this scam?"

Well they have seen how much Al Gore has made promoting
his Global Warming ... I mean "Climate Change" scam
so I guess they're scheming for at least that amount of cash.

11 posted on 01/07/2019 9:22:32 PM PST by StormEye
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To: yesthatjallen

Another whore.


12 posted on 01/07/2019 9:24:12 PM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
...he’s the new managing director of Americans for Carbon Dividends. The group is the advocacy affiliate of the Climate Leadership Council, pushing a plan by former GOP Secretaries of State James Baker and George Shultz to tax carbon dioxide emissions and return the money to individuals and families on a quarterly basis.
[singing] And did we tell you the name of the game, boy. We call it riding the gravy train...

13 posted on 01/07/2019 9:36:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: yesthatjallen

Remember the “yellow jackets”!


14 posted on 01/07/2019 9:42:48 PM PST by aquila48
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Costello, less than a week out of the House...

Losing that seat was a blessing in disguise!

15 posted on 01/07/2019 9:58:56 PM PST by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Follow the money trail and it will lead right back to this jackass. and his ilk.


16 posted on 01/07/2019 10:08:20 PM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Carbon credits has such a bad rep they decided to rename them carbon dividends.


17 posted on 01/07/2019 10:25:19 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Wonder if Romney’s slimey Romneycare/Obamacare douchebag Gruber is involved in this too.


18 posted on 01/07/2019 10:30:10 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: yesthatjallen

“For Republicans to be the party of the future, we need a plan to protect the future,” he wrote. “With the early impacts of climate change plain for all to see, it is high time for the Grand Old Party to embrace its proud historical legacy of environmental conservation by proposing market-based and forward-looking climate solutions of our own.”

I think it is high time for you to eat a big bag of dicks. Goddamn crooks.


19 posted on 01/07/2019 10:40:00 PM PST by Freedom4US
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To: RightGeek

I’ve heard it said that the real reason for the carbon tax is not to save the planet but to fund the welfare state.

Perhaps that’s the angle he’s getting at.


20 posted on 01/07/2019 10:41:58 PM PST by Spiridon
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