Posted on 09/27/2007 10:08:35 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
Dealing with global warming will be painful, says one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress. To back up his claim he is proposing a recipe many people won't like — a 50-cent gasoline tax, a carbon tax and scaling back tax breaks for some home owners.
"I'm trying to have everybody understand that this is going to cost and that it's going to have a measure of pain that you're not going to like," Rep. John Dingell, who is marking his 52nd year in Congress, said Wednesday in an interview with The Associated Press.
Dingell will offer a "discussion draft" outlining his tax proposals on Thursday, the same day that President Bush holds a two-day conference to discuss voluntary efforts to combat climate change.
But Dingell, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that will craft climate legislation, is making it clear that he believes tackling global warming will require a lot more if it is to be taken seriously.
"This is going to cause pain," he said, adding that he wants to make certain "the pain is shared in a way that is fair, proper, acceptable and accomplishes the basic purpose" of reducing greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels.
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I have to be the first to say: What a Dingell-berry!
A $5 tax on cigars and a 50 cent a gallon tax hike on gasoline. This is outrageous. Especially when all the country needs is a good 5 cent cigar and a place to smoke it.
This old relic and his ancient ideas needs to be put out to pasture. He is a menace to society.
This is the absolute crux of the problem.
Yep - because that’ll certainly bring gas prices down, won’t it. The pundits were right - the DemoRATS will now be using the Global Warming Chicken Little Umbrella in order to institute new taxes “for our own good.” Trouble is, of course, that everyone’s getting sick of both the global warming mantra in general and these idiot Dems in Congress in particular. We were warned they’d raise taxes and OH LOOK! They are.
How about before we soak Joe Middle Class with a huge tax increase, let’s first cut entitlement spending by 50% and cut Congressional salaries by 50%. Do that first, then we’ll talk about a gas tax increase.
Brilliant idea. Many Americans are up in arms over the high price of gas, so this will go over really well.
I suppose though that the people screaming loudest about all that gasoline revenue lining the pockets of Bush, Cheney, and their big oil buddies will have no problem paying much higher taxes because this is “for the children!”
Can you say, DINGBAT! Democrats are the ruination of this country - them along with all communist orgs like ACLU, Code Pink and the list goes on.....But the sheeple keep reelecting and contributing to THEIR own future downfall. Pitiful.
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." -- Wendell Phillips,
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin
A tax that hurts the poor workers that Dems burble over all the time; will injure the middle class workers that actually run this nation; and will even dent the public transportation system Dems love, are all reasons why Dems should lose Congress’ control. That they won’t shows the stupidity of many voters.
Why don't you Democrat PR mouthpiece simply go JOIN them instead of spending all your time trash talking our side?
The moronic Michigan Democrats have returned this guy to Congress 26 times (and, really, 37 times) - despite the fact that he lives in a UAW district where a gas tax would be yet another blow at one of MI’s few remaining large employers.
I think the war on poverty should remind everyone that they have no freaking clue what they're doing and the money won't make one damn bit of difference.
Another aspect of his proposal that could adversely affect the economy enormously is later in the story...
“—Phaseout of the interest tax deduction on home mortgages for homes over 3,000 square feet. Owners would keep most of the deduction for homes at the lower end of the scale, but it would be eliminated entirely for homes of 4,200 feet or more.
He estimates that would affect 10 percent of homeowners. He says “it’s only fair” to tax those who buy large suburban houses and create urban sprawl. Historic and farm houses would be exempted.”
...who is marking his 52nd year in Congress
This is the absolute crux of the problem.
Yep, time for the last roundup for Dingbat and KKK man, and Murtha, and________ (list your favorite Dems to go). Some are not even old, just insane!
Simply to point this out....living in Germany....there is a $5 a gallon tax on gas...a 19 percent sales tax, a 25-35 percent income tax, and a 13.5 percent tax for healthcare. Any idiot who thinks a gas tax will cover medical costs...is simply not facing the massive cost of medical coverage for families.
same story here
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1903026/posts
Compounding it is the fact that a Dingell has held the MI 15th Congressional District since it was drawn up in 1932. John Dingell Senior died halfway through his 11th term and was replaced by John Dingell Jr. in a special election.
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