Posted on 08/31/2016 3:53:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has some advice for Hillary Clinton: Tax fossil fuels.
Stiglitz, who is an adviser to Clinton, says taxing carbon would be the best way to address climate change -- and boost the U.S. economy.
The move would immediately lead to higher prices for oil, gas and coal. It would also hike the cost of anything that uses those fuels such as electricity and transportation. The goal is to force Americans to find alternatives that are cheaper and better for the planet.
Taxes typically hinder the economy, but Stiglitz believes this one would help.
"I think a carbon tax would stimulate the economy," Stiglitz told CNNMoney. He says it would lead many firms to remodel their factories and redesign their supply chains, which would generate jobs and growth....
(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...
OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a giant nuclear furnace that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?
Winter is coming.
They should plug a couple of electrodes into Hillary to see how much energy she produces.
We could develop a new “Standard” or “Baseline” to measure what should be taxed.
They could even name this “Standard” after her.
This idiot Nobel Prize winner never heard of the broken window fallacy?
Ah yes, the nobel prize.
I have lint in my couch cushions more worthy and meaningful than that garbage broadcast of liberality.
Stiglitz hates America.
Government forcing "goodthink". Where have I heard this before?
This crap doesn't just occur to anybody, you know. It takes training.
And again, Orwell Nailed it years ago:
There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them
Better idea—Tax Nobel Prize winners, instead.
$100 for each word they utter.
$10,000 for unsolicited opinions.
$100,000 annually for having to put up with them.
$1,000,000 levied annually against the university/think tank that employs them.
And take every red cent Obama has to his name.
Yeah, good idea. And how about tax on the books they sell!
It has gotten to the point where a Nobel prize in anything other than a hard science means in fact, that you are a special class of idiot.
He sounds like a Marxist economist. If it exists, tax it. If it is a fossil fuel, tax it as many ways as you can and let the people freeze. Good for the coat business.
Good news for the oil producing countries while the US is getting screwed.
The Clintons tried this back when Bill Clinton was first elected in the early 90’s.
Another scam the Clinton foundation would be involved with.
Someone should take the Nobel Prize away for not knowing it's already taxed.
They already do. A good bit of what you pay at the pump is tax.
“Stiglitz, who is an adviser to Clinton, “
This tells us all we need to know about him.
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