http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business...918772.php

Quote:James Baker, 86, traveled to Washington as part of a newly formed coalition that includes former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, former Secretary of State George Shultz and former Wal-Mart Chairman Rob Walton to press President Donald Trump to back a proposal that would place a tax on carbon emissions and then return that money to U.S. taxpayers through a dividend payment.

Waiting for his flight back to Houston on Wednesday after a meeting at the White House, Baker said Trump's National Economic Council director, Gary Cohn, didn't give an immediate response, but "I think they're going to look at it."

"If you're a Republican, there's a lot to like," Baker said. "The risks are so great if the greenies are right. You need an insurance policy, and this is a damn fine free market, conservative, less-regulation proposal. It's very simple, and it will work."

Baker's support for a carbon tax enlivens a longstanding policy debate that to date has failed to find much if any traction among elected officials from either party.

Hopefully Trump puts the kibosh on this bull quick like.

No thanks, bye

Conservative Old Guard. Just who I love taking marching orders from.......

They probably had this drafted up when they thought they were going to force Kasich on us.