Posted on 02/08/2008 10:14:24 AM PST by tang0r
Not a very strong case. All the arguments assumed that CO2 was a pollutant that caused global warming. There was no skepticism displayed in the article.
;^)
I think there *is* a conservative case to be made for a carbon tax, but that stupid article didn’t make it.
In his book “Comeback”, David Frum argues that we should get rid of ethanol subsidies and other government spending on “alternative energy”, end many of the environmental regulations, and instead use a carbon tax to let the market come up with a non-polluting energy source that wouldn’t make us beholden to the Middle East. (He also advocates increasing child tax credits to make up for the financial effect of the carbon tax on families.)
However, I fear if conservatives and/or Republicans embraced such a postion, we’d still end up with all the stupid environmental subsidies and regulations we have today and just slap a carbon tax on top of it.
“why would anyone in their right mind support a carbon tax”
Of course you would if your the tax collector, but there are plenty of touchy/feely, dope smoking moonbats, not in their right minds, to support them.
So-called “use” taxes are total rubbish.
How about for every abortion we charge the parents (or parent) a bill for a life’s worth of taxes that the person would have paid in their lifetime.
Of course, we will defer to experts in assessing how much tax that would be.
Tax-happy liberals should be on board for that!
Instead of making the government richer, let’s just do away with all energy dependent novelties like cars, trucks, televisions and the like and go back to the horse and buggy days. That will certainly slow global warming.
Or wait, is it global cooling now? Tell Gore he needs to fix that whole sun flare thing too. Can we tax the sun?
The author is unpersuasive (translation: 'wrong') on all five arguments.
I'll tackle just this one. With growing economies in India and China (just to name a few), there will be more than enough takers for any oil that America leaves "on the table" to ensure that the proffered carbon tax plan and any resultant shift in American energy consumption patterns will do little or nothing to "starve the massive petrowealth of brutal Islamist dictators".
The author seemingly has a parochial worldview rooted in limited knowledge of oil consumption patterns, sources and dependencies that take place beyond America's borders...
“However, I fear if conservatives and/or Republicans embraced such a postion, we’d still end up with all the stupid environmental subsidies and regulations we have today and just slap a carbon tax on top of it.”
You’r not very bright, are you. You would be much happier if you went home to Democrats Underground.
Admittedly I didn't follow the link, but I do know that your everyday totalitarian moonbat liberal believes that a good stiff tax fixes everything and they are all too anxious to tax us into prosperity.
I want a tax refund.
I think the libertarians are moving farther and farther to the left everyday... A “libertarian” proposing a tax such as this? Unbelieveable!
The Gorebots tell us that CO2 is driving the weather/climate. Now, as we continue to pump out increasing amounts of CO2, instead of runaway global warming, the Earth is actually cooling.
One might conclude that CO2 causes global cooling instead of warming, and we'd have just as much science behind that theory as the Gorbots do for their global warming theory.
The market will come up with the alternatives when it is economically responsible to do so.
Sending my money to the government is not going to hasten that.
Three Hundred Billion Plus reasons not to approve any tax at all.
That’s the approximate number of people money is stolen from in the form of taxes in this country.
At least 90% of taxes collected are misused.
If so, she can collect some taxes from this carbon-based unit anytime!
Actually she on the Discovery Channel show “Mythbusters” - which was a cool show to begin with, then some BRILLIANT dude in programming decided it wouldn’t hurt to have a gorgeous redhead on the show who enjoyed blowing stuff up.
Here's another Mythbuster, Kari Byron.
A little crazy looking for me and you do not wantto know what myth she is busting there. LOL
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