Suddenly, ‘Climate Change’ Groups Are Against A Revenue Neutral Carbon Tax
William Teach
03 Aug, 2016 by William Teach
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For several years now, many ‘climate change’ groups and individuals have been calling for revenue neutral carbon taxes, whereby citizens are reimbursed to cover the cost of living increases caused by the carbon taxes – you know, that cost if living increase which they said wouldn’t happen due to carbon taxes. Such big wig members of the Cult of Climastrology as James Hansen and Michael Mann have called for revenue neutral carbon taxes. What happens when someone tries to actually pass one? Well…
In twist, environmentalists fight proposed carbon tax – because it doesn’t grow gov’t
On paper, it looks like a big win for environmentalists: a ballot initiative in Washington state to make it the first in the nation to impose a tax on all carbon emissions.
Yet green groups are united almost in lockstep against the proposal – all because it includes tax cuts, to offset the tax hike.
Yoram Bauman, who authored Initiative 732 and generally sides with environmental groups that have claimed for years that greenhouse gasses are responsible for climate change, now says he’s shocked at the pushback he’s facing from these same organizations.
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