Democrat Senator John D. Dingell is trying to do his part to save the planet. The Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in September released his plan to impose a carbon tax on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to combat global warming. The carbon tax would be $50 per ton on polluting industries, plus it would add a 50 cent per gallon tax on gasoline and other transportation fuels. Finally, for homes over 4200 square feet the owners would no longer be able to deduct interest when calculating taxes.
Would this work? It is suspected that these measures would raise hundreds of billions of dollars. So you need think no further. Issue closed.
Of course that is what such politicians will be counting on. But ask yourself, how does putting hundreds of billions of dollars in the hands of politicians address the global warming crisis? Truth of the matter is, it doesn’t. Here is what they intend to spend the money on:
- expand earned income tax credit to help lower-income families pay high fuel bills;
- highway trust fund and mass transit programs on a 60 / 40 split;
- many other social welfare programs, such as shoring up Medicare and Social Security.
Feel the temperature dropping? See those carbon atoms falling out of the sky? What better evidence could there be that the global warming scam is nothing more than a way for politicians to raise taxes and thus gain more control. Standard liberal democrat agenda - been that way for years.
Bottom line - fight the myth anyway you can! But hurry, according to Algore we only have 10 years to do it!
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