Greens Licking Their Lips Over Carbon Tax Revenues

canadafreepress.com ^ | 10/22/2014 | Institute for Energy Research

[rktman]

A recent blog post on Sightline, an environmental blog in the Northwest, celebrated the gusher of dependable revenue to Washington State flowing from a steep carbon tax. The post showcases just why a carbon tax is a dangerous policy. As we at IER have been warning for years, the advocates of a carbon tax are fooling themselves if they think it will be calibrated to the “optimal” level reflecting the “negative externality” of greenhouse gas emissions. And in this debate the most foolish of all are the handful of vocal conservatives claiming that a new carbon tax will be used to cut other taxes. We have to wonder whether such pundits are actually reading what the environmentalists have in mind—with the blog post from Washington State being just a typical example. The activists have already spent the money, decades into the future; there are no plans for offsetting tax cuts.

[rktman]

Seems like not enough folks know (or care) that the epa and these gangreen fascists are in bed with each other. Gangreens sue for something and the (read us) epa foots the bill. WTH? Come on people. Turn off the kardouchians and get involved. Don't forget to go vote. Please. Sounds like there isn't a lot of interest in the mid terms so now is a good opportunity for some of us to change things. Or at least attempt to.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

What if they gave a tax and nobody came?

[Buckeye McFrog]

If you are not a consumer of porn (which I am not) you will rarely see an orgasm as big as that displayed by a Democrat politician as he contemplates a new revenue stream.

[Paulie]

***And in this debate the most foolish of all are the handful of vocal conservatives claiming that a new carbon tax will be used to cut other taxes.***

What?? Is the author sure these proponents are conservative? If so we really ARE in trouble.

Foolish is not the word.

[MaxMax]

No conservative standard accept an attempt to legitimize their agenda.
For all we know their definition of Conservative could be confused with
conservation, which is most likely the case.

I doubt they even know or understand Conservative since every lib I've
ever met absolutely did not.

[Blood of Tyrants]

New taxes are just that and are almost never used to offset another tax.

[ronnie raygun]

Scam to siphon money from industry and hard working people, we need a witch hunt and jail time