GOP senior statesmen making push for a carbon tax

Phys Org ^ | Feb 8, 2017 | Catherine Lucey And Julie Pace

[Ray76]

A group of Republican senior statesmen are pushing for a carbon tax to combat the effects of climate change, and hoping to sell their plan to the White House.

Former Secretary of State Jim Baker is leading the effort, which also includes former Secretary of State George Shultz

The group will meet Wednesday with White House officials, including Vice President Mike Pence, senior adviser Jared Kushner, and Gary Cohn, director of the National Economic Council.

Also supporting Baker's effort are Hank Paulson, treasury secretary for former President George W. Bush; Greg Mankiw, who chaired Bush's Council of Economic Advisers; and Marty Feldstein, chairman of President Ronald Reagan's Council of Economic Advisors, according to the person familiar with the plans.

Carbon tax legislation is unlikely to receive a warm welcome in the GOP-controlled Congress, where Republicans were staunchly opposed to Obama's climate agenda.

[butlerweave]

How about a Tax on these Old Fossil Statesman

[The_Media_never_lie]

They must have been re-animated.

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They never would have re-animated had someone not dropped $.25 into the coin slot. They would not remain re-animated unless someone is continuously dropping more coinage into the slot. Who is paying the coinage to re-animate these two?

[Major Matt Mason]

I think I hate James Baker as much as any leftwingnut. He sure didn’t improve with age.

Yes, Baker should pretty much be ignored at this point. He is a Bushbot through and through, and the Bush family does not have Americans' best interests in mind.

[Alas Babylon!]

Schutz is 96; Baker is 86.

They should be resting at the Home, watching The Price is Right.

[Bryan24]

Reading the list of names involved, I see bunch of “moneymen” who want to handle more of other people’s money.

You don’t think they already have a plan for more personal enrichment at our expense, do you?

[\/\/ayne]

By “Senior Statesmen” they mean RINOs.

[stillfree?]

“GOP senior statesmen making push for a carbon tax.
WHY!”

The same reason Gore does. Money.

[Rockitz]

Selling ice to Eskimos...

[AU72]

This would be the ‘Brian Trust’ in a Jeb administration.

[AU72]

Meant Brain Trust.

[MNJohnnie]

Fake news.

[Bubba_Leroy]

[indthkr]

"Also on the list are former Walmart chairman Rob Walton; Thomas Stephenson, a partner at the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital"

If Sequoia Capital made big bets based on what appears to be fraudulent temperature data, they should sue the Federal Government.

I doubt Trump would stand in the way of that.

The EPA could be defunded to pay the damages.

[Luke21]

Statesmen? These globalist goblins are statesmen?

[apillar]

If I remember correctly this group were major #NeverTrumper’s up until he won. I hope Trump doesn’t give them the time of day....

[Maverick68]

Headline should read: “Irrelevant Old Farts Try to Appear Hip”.....

[COBOL2Java]

They should be resting at the Home, watching The Price is Right.

Oh, trust me, they're watching "The Price is Right"...

...just not that TV show

[angryoldfatman]

Yep.

All I see is “former” this, “former” that, “former” the-other, and “lobbyist”, “lobbyist”, and another “lobbyist”.

No Republican who currently holds an office, not even those media whores McCain and Graham (though just wait).

[angryoldfatman]

CO2 is a pollutant.

CO2 is emitted by humans when they breathe.

Everyone who wants to stop CO2 should stop polluting the atmosphere with their breathing.

[cva66snipe]

Sounds more like former statesmen turned green industry lobbiest.