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Biden Commerce Secretary: Sorry Folks, We're Raising Taxes to Pay for Climate Policies
Townhall ^ | January 27, 2021 | Katie Pavlich Katie Pavlich

Posted on 01/27/2021 1:24:39 PM PST by yoe

During her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill this week, Biden Commerce Secretary nominee Gina Raimondo admitted Democrats will have to raise taxes on all Americans, including the middle and lower class, in order to pay for President Biden's "climate" agenda.

"Let me say this, I as governor am deeply in touch with how much increasing bills affect the average American family. Having said that, we do need to meet the climate change challenge and we need funds for improved infrastructure," Raimondo said. "I would look to balance those interests."

Last week Transportation Secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg told Keystone XL Pipeline workers, who President Biden promptly sent to the unemployment line upon arriving in the Oval Office, to "find another job."


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climatechange; globalwarminghoax; taxes
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Biden is as crooked as a dog's hind leg and YET even with evidence of fraud...the man is president of the USA.

(FLASHBACK: Biden Promised Not to Raise Taxes. Is That About to Change?)

(The Trump Administration Rolled Back More Than 100 Environmental Rules. Here’s the Full List.)

As Senator Ted Cruz noted, the Keystone XL pipeline is in fact an infrastructure project.

Call your elected regardless of party....Climate change is an attack on Capitalism....has nothing to do with the environment.....could it be that jobless citizens will be more dependent on government? Is this where the Left/Communists hope to take America?

1 posted on 01/27/2021 1:24:39 PM PST by yoe
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To: yoe

Climate change is so important that we _must_ tax the poor and middle class to give to the rich.

Science!


2 posted on 01/27/2021 1:26:41 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it.)
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To: yoe

It’s not for “Climate Policy” it’s for the New World Order to take down our economy.


3 posted on 01/27/2021 1:26:55 PM PST by agincourt1415 (Trump!)
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To: yoe

We can only hope the Dems lose the House and Senate in 2022.


4 posted on 01/27/2021 1:27:20 PM PST by Cecily
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To: yoe

Wow. The masks are coming off quickly. It’s only been a week and theirs no hiding their Marxism.


5 posted on 01/27/2021 1:28:16 PM PST by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: yoe
Sorry folks, we're having to (1)raise gasoline prices, (2)kill off tens of thousands of energy jobs, (3) raise taxes on top of business killing shutdowns and lockdowns but hey . . you Dominion voted for it for you.
6 posted on 01/27/2021 1:28:32 PM PST by BipolarBob (USA - Born July 4, 1776. Died Jan. 20, 2021 in the Year of our Covid - a new error.)
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To: yoe

UN Data Shows America Is Already Cutting So Much CO2 It Doesn’t Need Paris Climate Accord

https://www.climatedepot.com/2021/01/22/un-says-america-is-already-cutting-so-much-co2-it-doesnt-need-paris-climate-accord/

“The United Nations released its Emissions Gap Report 2020, an annual assessment of contributions to greenhouse gas...This report is evidence that, instead, the U.S. should just keep doing what it is doing to cut its own emissions. The U.S. is the most successful major country at mitigating its own pollution, and the U.N. shows this.” ...

According to the UN report, “the United States of America emits 13 percent of global GHG emissions.” Comparatively, “China emits more than one-quarter of global GHG emissions.” The U.S. still contributes the most greenhouse gas emissions per capita in the world, but, over the last decade, the country’s GHG emissions have been in decline (0.4 per cent per year).“ Greenhouse gas emissions per capita in the U.S. are dropping precipitously while those of China, India and Russia continue to rise.


7 posted on 01/27/2021 1:28:59 PM PST by Bob434
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To: yoe

No he isn’t, The whole thing is a ruse, a coup, an INSURRECTION. But I preach to the choir...


8 posted on 01/27/2021 1:29:02 PM PST by Shady (WHO MURDERED ASHLI BABBITT? )
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To: yoe

Who didn’t see that coming, one way or another?

We’ll be lucky if there’s less than ten ways too.


9 posted on 01/27/2021 1:29:18 PM PST by DoughtyOne (There is no next time Mitch. Aren't you proud now...)
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To: yoe

I hope that the average Biden voter gets killed by this garbage.


10 posted on 01/27/2021 1:29:39 PM PST by brownsfan (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
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To: yoe
We're Raising Taxes to Pay for Climate Policies pay back our donors
11 posted on 01/27/2021 1:30:19 PM PST by libh8er
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To: yoe

Give this a serious read, in all probability, it is a good prediction of our future.

This should be taken serious by us in America

Subject: Fwd: Golda Meir’s Bodyguard Says

Do you know who Juval Aviv is? He was Golda Meir’s bodyguard and the Israeli Agent upon whom the movie ‘ Munich ‘ was based on. Golda Meir appointed him to track down and bring to justice the Palestinian terrorists who took the Israeli athletes hostage and killed them during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

In a lecture in New York City a few weeks ago, Aviv shared information that EVERY American needs to know, but that our government has not yet shared with us.

A little background:

• Aviv predicted the London subway bombing on the Bill O’Reilly show on ‘Fox News’, stating publicly that it would happen within a week. At the time, O’Reilly laughed and mocked him, saying that in a week he wanted Aviv back on the show. Unfortunately, within a week the terrorist attack had occurred.

• Juval Aviv also gave intelligence to the Bush Administration about 9/11 a month before it occurred. His report specifically said that they would use planes as bombs and target high profile buildings and monuments. I think we all know what happened, right?

• Congress has since hired Aviv as a security consultant. Aviv predicts that the next terrorist attack on the U.S. will occur within the next few months. Forget hijacking airplanes, because he says terrorists will NEVER try hijacking a plane again as they know the people on board will never go down quietly again. Aviv says that our airport security is a joke ‘that we have been reactionary’ rather than proactive in developing strategies that are truly effective.

Example 1: Because an idiot tried to light his shoe on fire, now everyone has to take off their shoes.

Example 2: A group of idiots tried to bring aboard liquid explosives, and now we can’t bring liquids on board. He says he’s waiting for some suicidal maniac to pour liquid explosive on his underwear; government security will then have us all traveling naked!

Last but not least, our airport security looks for metal, but the new explosives are made of plastic! Currently, our government only focuses on security when people are heading to the gates. Aviv says that if a terrorist attack targets airports in the future, they will target busy times on the front end of the airport when/where people are checking in.

For example, it would be easy for someone to take two suitcases of explosives, walk up to a busy check-in line, ask a person next to them to watch their bags for a minute while they run to the restroom, and then detonate the bags BEFORE security even gets involved.

In Israel , security checks bags BEFORE people can even ENTER the airport.

Aviv says the next terrorist attack here in America is imminent and will involve suicide bombers and non-suicide bombers in places where large groups of people congregate, such as Disneyland, Las Vegas casinos, shopping malls, subways in rush hour, train stations, etc., as well as in rural America this time (Wyoming, Montana, etc.).

The attack will be characterized by simultaneous detonations around the country involving at least 5-8 cities, including rural areas. Aviv says terrorists won’t need to use suicide bombers in many of the larger cities, because at places like the MGM Grand in Las Vegas , they can simply valet park a car loaded with explosives and walk away.

Aviv says all of the above is well known in intelligence circles, but that our U.S. Government does not want to ‘alarm American citizens’ with the facts. The world, however, is soon going to become ‘a different place’, Aviv says, where issues like ‘global warming’ and political correctness will have become totally irrelevant.

On an encouraging note, Aviv says that Americans don’t have to be concerned about being nuked. He says the terrorists who want to destroy America will not use sophisticated weapons.

Instead, they like to use suicide, as it’s cheap, it’s easy, and it’s effective and they have an infinite abundance of young, ignorant, fanatic militants more than willing to ‘go see Allah’. Aviv also says the next level of terrorists over which America should be most concerned will not be coming from abroad.

They will instead be ‘home grown’ meaning they will have attended and been educated in our own schools and universities right here in the U.S. These young terrorists will be most dangerous because they will know our language and will fully understand the habits of Americans; but that we Americans won’t know/understand a thing about them.

So, what can America do to protect itself? From an intelligence perspective, Aviv says the U.S. needs to stop relying on satellites and technology for its intelligence.

Instead, we need to follow Israel ‘s, Ireland ‘s and England ‘s hands-on examples of human intelligence, both from an infiltration perspective as well as to trust ‘aware’ citizens to help.

We need to engage and educate ourselves as citizens; however, our U.S. Government continues to treat us, its citizens, ‘like babies’. Our government thinks we can’t handle the truth’ and are concerned that we’ll panic if we understand the realities of terrorism. Aviv says this is a deadly mistake.

Aviv recently created/executed a security test for Congress by placing an empty briefcase in five well-traveled spots in five major cities.

The results? Not one person called 911 or sought a policeman to check it out. In fact, in Chicago , someone tried to steal the briefcase!

In comparison, Aviv says that citizens of Israel are so well ‘trained’ that an unattended bag or package would be reported in seconds by citizen(s) who know to publicly shout, ‘Unattended Bag!’ The area would be quickly & calmly cleared by the citizens themselves.

But, unfortunately, America hasn’t been ‘hurt enough’ yet by terrorism for their government to fully understand the need to educate its citizens or for the government to understand that it’s the citizens who are, inevitably, the best first-line of defense against terrorism.

Aviv also was concerned about the high number of children who were in preschool and kindergarten after 9/11, children who were basically ‘lost’ without parents being able to pick them up, and schools that had no plan in place to best care for the students until their parents could get there. (In New York City , in some cases this was days!)

He stresses the importance of having a plan that’s agreed upon within your family, to respond to in the event of a terrorist emergency . He urges parents to contact their children’s schools and demand that the schools, too, develop plans of actions, as they do in Israel . He says we should all have a plan that is easy enough for even our youngest children to remember and follow. Does your family know what to do if you can’t contact one another by phone? Where would you gather in an emergency?

Aviv says that the U.S. Government has in force a plan that, in the event of another terrorist attack, will immediately cut-off EVERYONE’s ability to use cell phones, as this is the preferred communication source used by terrorists and is often the way that their bombs are detonated. How will you communicate with your loved ones in the event you cannot use phones, Internet?

Bottom line, you need to have a plan! If you believe what you have just read, then you must feel compelled to send it to every concerned parent or guardian, grandparents, uncles, aunts, whatever and whomever.

Nothing will happen if you choose not to do so, but in the event it does happen, I promise this particular email will haunt you.


12 posted on 01/27/2021 1:31:16 PM PST by Osage Orange (TRUMP!!!)
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and make it so expensive for businesses to operate here i nthe US that they move overseas- preferably to China

oh, and we’re gonna outlaw gas powered vehicles this year- so get your checkbooks out for $50,000 electric vehicles- We know you haven’t got jobs because of the shutdowns, but everyone has to sacrifice something to do their part—


13 posted on 01/27/2021 1:31:17 PM PST by Bob434
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To: yoe

Taxes - Global Warming
Taxes - Keystone Pipeline (oil pricing + )
Taxes - Cancellation of government land drilling rights (Oil +)
Taxes - Cancellation of the Trump Tax cuts
Taxes - Taxes per miles driven

Chairman Jao’s American...

Okay, which ones am I forgetting?


14 posted on 01/27/2021 1:32:55 PM PST by DoughtyOne (There is no next time Mitch. Aren't you proud now...)
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To: yoe

Stolen elections have consequences


15 posted on 01/27/2021 1:33:22 PM PST by xp38
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To: DoughtyOne

Oh yes...

Taxes - Increased Gas tax...


16 posted on 01/27/2021 1:33:37 PM PST by DoughtyOne (There is no next time Mitch. Aren't you proud now...)
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To: yoe

Analysis: Biden’s energy restricting climate policies are a national security threat — not climate change

“The proposed climate ‘solutions’ of the Green New Deal and the Biden administration’s climate and energy executive orders is a threat to U.S. national security as the plan would only serve to shrink U.S. energy production and increase our dependence on Middle Eastern oil and force us to rely on energy from other potentially hostile nations, which could increase the odds of future wars.” ...

“By restricting fossil fuels and mandating solar, wind and electric vehicles will result in more environmental degradation due to increasing the U.S. dependence on rare earth mining operated by China and Russia.”

https://www.climatedepot.com/2021/01/27/analysis-bidens-energy-restricting-climate-policies-are-a-national-security-threat-not-climate-change/


17 posted on 01/27/2021 1:33:52 PM PST by Bob434
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So, is anybody, ever, going to ask what the increased taxes are going to be paying for and what the expected results will be???

Probably not. Just like BLM, millions poured in without anybody asking what the money was spent on (other than terrorist activities).


18 posted on 01/27/2021 1:34:39 PM PST by MCSETots ( )
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To: BipolarBob

Add to that, throw open the borders to anyone who wants to come here. Covid positive types, jihadis, more chinese spies an on and on.


19 posted on 01/27/2021 1:35:05 PM PST by Texas resident (Biden is China's bitch)
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Here’s how I see it. If there was ever a climate lover’s heaven sent scenario it would be the covid lockdown. Basically less airplane travel, less car travel, less production less of everything. You’d think the climate fans would be ecstatic. But of course they’re not since it’s not about the climate in the end is it.


20 posted on 01/27/2021 1:35:17 PM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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