“President Obama’s plan to impose a tax on carbon would cause household electricity rates to skyrocket while destroying millions of American jobs,” said Louisiana Republican Rep. Steve Scalise. “The Obama Administration has used every trick in the book to implement its radical agenda through back door regulations.” The R Street representative proposed an amendment to an ALEC “model resolution” opposing a tax on carbon dioxide emissions, sources said, which would have changed the wording of the bill to say that the group was not opposed to a “revenue-neutral” carbon tax — meaning ALEC would not oppose carbon taxes that don’t change the revenues raised by the government. Read more: dailycaller/2013/08/19/conservatives-for-carbon-tax-campaign-faltering/#ixzz2cR9uzgjD
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:27:50 +0000