Posted on 02/29/2016 12:11:06 PM PST by Bob434
SEATTLE — Washington could become the first state in the nation to impose a direct tax on carbon emissions from fossil fuels such as coal, gasoline and natural gas.
A ballot measure before the state Legislature would create a carbon tax of $25 per metric ton of fossil fuel emissions burned in Washington, while reducing taxes.
Lawmakers have until the end of the session on March 10 to enact Initiative 732, offer an alternative proposal or automatically pass the carbon-tax measure to voters in November as written. It's not clear whether lawmakers will approve an alternative by the end of the session.
At least they don’t have a state income tax.
And just how is this supposed to combat globull warming?
It will be called “The Idaho Full Employment Act of 2016”
step 1... pick a substance that is literally in everything in the Universe ... carbon
step 2 ... set up a way to monitor the entire planet ... the internet / google
step 3 ... tax the hell out of carbon and any behavior you want to control
My daughter lives in Seattle. It is basically a communist state. A statue of Lenin is in the northern part of the city. Minimum wage is $15/hr. and you must allow workers 11hrs between work. Bums are 1st class citizens that’d better not hit with car and every elevator I was in had someone smoking dope.
That should bankrupt the state.
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It really should be the “carbon dioxide tax”, “CO2 emmissions”, …, and so on.
This is not merely an academic point. Ignoring the oxygen atoms and calling CO2 “carbon” makes about as much sense as ignoring the oxygen in water (H2O) and calling it “hydrogen.”
Imagine getting your next water bill on an invoice labeled “hydrogen tax.” That might be an effective public relations tool for anti-hydro power campaigners, but most of the public would regard such a communications trick as ridiculous.
The “CO2 is carbon” mistake is no less farcical. … This error is not harmless. It is part of the way language has been distorted to bolster concerns about human-caused climate change. Calling carbon dioxide “carbon” encourages people to think of the gas as “pollution” or something “dirty,” like graphite or soot. That is undoubtedly why AL Gore calls it “carbon pollution.”
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Read more:
http://www.troymedia.com/2012/10/02/language-matters-in-global-warming-debate/
Yep, we’re at $.559 per gallon now which is 6th highest in the nation. Add the quarter a gallon and we go to $.809 which would be $.119 per gallon more than any other state.
I hate how the West side of the state (mainly King county) dictates how things run in our state. The Dems have just killed us in WA. I sure hope we can get rid of Inslee as Governor but then again, WA hasn’t had a Republican Governor since 1984.
Not really one-party, right? There has been a republican-lead majority caucus (including a few Dems) that typically votes fiscally conservatively.
This probably won’t pass.
Hey!
I live in Washington!
That is really...uh...
Okay, you got me there.
20 Quatloos on the carbon life form!
Within my sphere of influence, Initiative 732 is better known as Directive 10-289.
Cap N Tax has given California a lot of extra dough to play with. I can see where this will be attractive to politicians.
Obama, Pelosi, and Reid could have gotten it passed nationally when they had control of Congress, but spent all their time pushing through Obamacare.
(It makes just as much sense.)
Live and work in income tax free Washington and buy expensive stuff in sales tax free Oregon. I'm livin' the dream, baby.
If you can work back and forth across a border like that, good for you!
Don’t mean to trash the most beautiful of states. We’ve visited several times and the views are breathless. It’s too bad so many queer commies from California were allowed to settle there!
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