Hood-rich
Smarter Than the Average Lib
Posts: 9,300
Joined: May 2016
I Root For: ECU & CSU
Location: The Hood
|
"Conservatives" push for CO2 tax (aka Ponzi Scheme)
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.
|
|
02-09-2017 02:29 PM |
|
SuperFlyBCat
Banned
Posts: 49,583
Joined: Mar 2005
I Root For: America and UC
Location: Cincinnati
|
RE: "Conservatives" push for CO2 tax (aka Ponzi Scheme)
No thanks, bye
|
|
02-09-2017 02:35 PM |
|
Lord Stanley
L'Étoile du Nord
Posts: 19,103
Joined: Feb 2005
Reputation: 994
I Root For: NIU
Location: Cold. So cold......
|
RE: "Conservatives" push for CO2 tax (aka Ponzi Scheme)
Conservative Old Guard. Just who I love taking marching orders from.......
|
|
02-09-2017 02:55 PM |
|
UofMstateU
Legend
Posts: 39,274
Joined: Dec 2009
Reputation: 3586
I Root For: Memphis
Location:
|
RE: "Conservatives" push for CO2 tax (aka Ponzi Scheme)
They probably had this drafted up when they thought they were going to force Kasich on us.
|
|
02-09-2017 03:42 PM |
|