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.
“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.
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.