Senior Republican statesmen propose replacing Obama’s climate policies with a carbon tax

The Washington Post ^ | Feburary 8, 2017 | Chris Mooney and Juliet Eilperin

[yoe]

Representatives from a coalition of veteran Republican officials — including five who have either served as treasury secretary or as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers — met Wednesday with White House officials to discuss the idea of imposing a national carbon tax, rather than using federal regulations, to address climate change.

[snip]Despite the group’s impeccable Republican credentials — Baker, Paulson and Schultz served as treasury secretaries and Feldstein and Mankiw served as CEA chairs under GOP presidents — the proposal faces long odds. Many congressional Republicans are adamantly against a tax increase of any kind, and President Trump repeatedly emphasized that he is far more interested in promoting the extraction of fossil fuels in the United States than curbing the nation’s carbon emissions.

[snip]In general, however, Trump’s Cabinet appointees have been largely noncommittal about the issue of climate change and its human causation. And at agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Department, Trump transition teams have brimmed with conservative think tank personas who have a history of questioning the science of climate change and standing up for fossil fuels.

[yoe]

Where does the UN fit into this picture? (Inconvenient Truth: Shultz and Baker's Disastrously Mistimed Carbon Tax)....Shultz and Baker two elitists far right.

[ptsal]

Oh....b/s!

[ExTexasRedhead]

These loons can go pound sand up their royal rectums.

[headstamp 2]

Paulson is also a sh**bag.

This is redistribution on steroids.

[2ndDivisionVet]

They’re still alive! I barely needed to shave when I was in that mix and they were old then.

[Lurkinanloomin]

The New World Order Strikes Back!

[wardamneagle]

FAKE

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Any ,so called Repubbie, who calls for a "carbon tax"
is an eGOP/ RINNO who doesn't deserve re-election !

Carbon TAX is a never ending tax, since even humans are made of carbon !

[Art in Idaho]

I hope Trump and Bannon say NO, NO and NO!!

[wastedyears]

Is this real news or fake news?

[Pollster1]

No. Replace all of Obama’s policies with pro-American policies that are consistent with the proper and limited role of the federal government.

[LegendHasIt]

Statesmen my pert little posterior.

StatISTmen maybe. Globalist Elites more precisely.

[dadfly]

bookmark

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

The "Ex's" mentioned remain at the sidelines, for a reason !

[Art in Idaho]

Any ,so called Repubbie, who calls for a "carbon tax" is an eGOP/ RINNO who doesn't deserve re-election ! Carbon TAX is a never ending tax, since even humans are made of carbon !

Yup, it's automatic primary them if they even think about this! We exhale carbon dioxide, Hello, paging Al Gore. .

[Larry - Moe and Curly]

We have senior Republican statesmen? Who knew?

[rfp1234]

But more CO2 will cause the trees in Bohemian Grove to grow bigger [more robust sticks with which those guys can slap each other’s bare @$$es].

[Jim Robinson]

Famous last words: Read my lips. No new taxes.

[goldstategop]

Carbon tax - so-called Republicans want to impose a new tax.

With friends like them, we don’t need enemies.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Oh, it’s real alright. These geezers have been trying to subvert US sovereignty to the UN since they were in the GHW Bush cabinet.