[oceanview]

this would simply accelerate the de-industrialization of the US. when there are no more "polluters" to tax, what's Gore going to do next?

[RebelBanker]

Tax carbon dioxide emissions - every time you exhale, you get taxed!

[Go Gordon]

No more eating beans. Gore wants to tax pooters.

[CAWats]

We need to tax Gore's mouth.

[lmr]

this would simply accelerate the de-industrialization of the US. Correct. The Goron will just transfer the "pollution" and production to China, India and Mexico.

One more thing, If they are taxing Carbon Dioxide, anyone with a light truck or SUV or any transportation business would be hit hard with the tax. For that matter all vehicles produce C02, so anything with an internal combustion engine would be subject to it. We might have to get used to Public Transportation or riding bicycles. If Gore exempts consumers from his proposal, then he would probably pass the tax on to manufacturers who would just pass the additional cost to the consumer or like I said, move the manufacturing elsewhere.

[zbigreddogz]

Unlikely.

What it WOULD do, however, is simply force management to either A. Fire workers, B. Cut sallaries, C. If B is impossible because of contracts, simply suspend the next pay raise/bonus. or D. Hire less workers.

Bottom line: Those 'payrolls' he wants to protect so badly still take the hit.

I'm not saying there isn't a time and place to tax pollutants, but pretending there is a difference between taxing the company and taxing the 'average' folks who work at the plant is just flat-out fantasy.