yup, he's a moonbat alright
Posted on 04/27/2007 5:02:32 AM PDT by johnny7
Save Our Climate Act would reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Pete Stark (D-CA), a senior member of the Committee on Ways and Means with jurisdiction over U.S. tax policy, today introduced the Save Our Climate Act. This legislation would impose a tax on carbon-based fossil fuels to slow climate change.
“The question is not if human activity is responsible for global climate change, but how the United States will respond,” said Stark. “Predictable, transparent and universal, a carbon tax is a simple solution to a difficult problem. It would drastically reduce our carbon dioxide emissions by providing an economic disincentive for the use of carbon-based fossil fuels and an incentive for the development and use of cleaner alternative energies. The Save Our Climate Act would establish the United States as a global leader in environmental protection and encourage other nations – most of whom have already acknowledged the climate change threat – to take similar action to reduce emissions. I strongly encourage Congress to pass a carbon tax.”
An initial tax of $10 per ton of carbon content will be assessed on coal, petroleum and natural gas when these fossil fuels are initially removed from the ground or imported into the United States. The tax will increase by $10 each year, freezing when a mandated report by the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Energy determines that carbon dioxide emissions have decreased by 80 percent from 1990 levels.
Their answer to everything real and unreal. Tax it!
I’ve been waiting for it although I thought it would come from the UN and not the US.
Is this guy just plain nuts or does he really want to destroy the economy?I can reduce my carbon foot print by not driving to work anymore,but income tax will be drastically reduced.
Elections have consequences...
yup, he's a moonbat alright
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1806124/posts
Is this moron yet another example of having lawyers lead science policy? The Sun is the source of the climate change, and has been for the past 400,000 years. Taking action to reduce global warming is nonsense. Taking action to adapt to inevitable climate change makes sense. Climate change has been going on for millions of years. If Mars and other planets in our solar system are experiencing global warming, so is the Earth. The Earth has experienced and will continue to experience climate change. Of course, in the study of the origins of religion, pagans started with worship of the Sun, the Earth, and other objects. The pagans are back! Of course if you want to believe that global warming on Mars and the Earth is caused by SUVs, be my guest. Consider joining the Democratic Party, ACLU, and other leftist, socialist organizations where mental disorders are the norm.
So where does the proceeds from the tax go? The article left that part out....
Sheeeit... I knew it was coming over a year ago.
Well, this voter didn’t pack up my toys and most certainly didn’t stay home last election. We can’t do this by ourselves unfortunately!
"The debate is over." We will here this constantly. The leftists will be very forceful with this statement...the Republicans will not fight it. Welcome to the new series of tax increases.
Congress should solve their own carbon problem by cessation of all respiratory activity immediately.
Is that $10. per year for a household, a vehicle, a person, a business? What?
The tax will increase by $10 each year, freezing when a mandated report by the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Energy determines that carbon dioxide emissions have decreased by 80 percent from 1990 levels.
Can someone explain to me how the IRS determines carbon levels?
My guess—$10 per ton of carbon content upon retrival. The company extracting the product from the ground will pay the tax and pass it on to the consumer.
Fixed it.
Enact this carbon tax and watch the 13,000 Dow average plummet.
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