Posted on 10/23/2017 11:48:12 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
According to a new study published by Yale, Americans are willing to pay a carbon tax that would increase their household energy bills by $15 per month, or about 15%, on average. This result is consistent with a survey from last year that also found Americans are willing to pay an average of $15 to $20 per month to combat climate change.
Another recent Yale survey found that overall, 78% of registered American voters support taxing and/or regulating carbon pollution, including 67% of Republicans and 60% of conservative Republicans.
This raises the question – with such broad support across the political spectrum, why doesn’t America have a carbon tax in place by now? Study co-author Anthony Leiserowitz noted the similarity to public support for many gun control policies.
Public support often doesn’t translate into policy. On the issue of gun control, Republican lawmakers are afraid that if they vote for even the most benign policies like requiring background checks for all gun purchases, the NRA will mobilize its supporters against them. In primary races with relatively low turnout, with partisans more likely to vote, Republican lawmakers fear that mobilizing even a relatively small minority of opposition voters could cost them their jobs. On the issue of climate change and carbon taxes, they have the same fear of the Koch network.
In short, the wealthy and powerful have more influence over American policy than average voters.
Although most Republican Party policymakers continue to oppose taxing carbon pollution, it’s inevitable that the USA will implement national climate policy sooner or later. A revenue-neutral carbon tax seems to represent the path of least resistance. The only question is how much longer the GOP will delay the inevitable.
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Who is we “White Man”.
Tax plant food. It’s a liberal thing
Two highly placed anonymous un-named sources have confirmed this info obtained by a third cousin of an un-named member of the cleaning staff. Or a cnn poll.
What Americans want is for those promoting fraud based on pseudo-science — such as the author of this piece of shameless, lying propaganda — to be jailed. Forever.
“...why doesn’t America have a carbon tax in place by now?”
Because the American people are not buying in to the carbon scam.
Thanks for asking the question. Goebbels I recognize, and Marx I recognize, but I was thinking ‘who he?’ (Hegel).
May as well tax the air we breathe. Didn’t this moron read about the late unpleasantness between His Royal Majesty and his (late) American colonies? Tax yourselves, Dipstick!
I stopped reading at Yale.
I have a fair number of carbon sequestration plants. Nothing questionable about them at all, they do a great job.
They're actual plants. Trees, really, in my front yard.
Nothing "new" or "sexy" about them though, and I can't get million dollar grants to keep them working in top order. I do get a hug from Mrs WBill and a "Well, that looks nice." when I prune things back, though.
You just need to hire a better grant-writer. I think you wrote a fairly good start there.
I DO NOT want a carbon tax!!!!
First of all, it’s based on BULLSHIT!!!! Second of all, we’re taxed enough already (TEA)!!!!
Cut taxes, and get the discredited globalists out of our lives! PHOOEY!!!!
LOL
Good choice.
Thanks. Hegel... a major enabler, without whom Marx might have starved.
We are already paying carbon taxes in everything we buy and every utility collects them in the form of those little ‘miscellaneous fees’
Liars
FIRST, prove CO2 is a pollutant.
NO, WE DO NOT!!! Good Lord, leave it to a foreign newspaper to spread crap like that.
Apparently I don’t know any Americans. Who knew?
Didn’t ask me & I interact with a number of others on a daily/weekly basis. NO ONE has said they were contacted.
This is a complete lie.
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