Comments on: Cap vs. Tax http://www.terrarossa.com/cap-vs-tax/ Where Conservatives Consider a New Energy Future Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:21:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Terra Rossa » Conservatives Can… http://www.terrarossa.com/cap-vs-tax/#comment-23338 Terra Rossa » Conservatives Can… Tue, 13 May 2008 19:33:11 +0000 http://www.terrarossa.com/cap-vs-tax/#comment-23338 [...] I urge people to examine the record of George Schultz. As I’ve said, he’s a long-time supporter of cap & [...] [...] I urge people to examine the record of George Schultz. As I’ve said, he’s a long-time supporter of cap & [...]

]]> By: Terra Rossa » Tax Day http://www.terrarossa.com/cap-vs-tax/#comment-21318 Terra Rossa » Tax Day Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:22:59 +0000 http://www.terrarossa.com/cap-vs-tax/#comment-21318 [...] readers here at Terra Rossa know I’m not a fan of a carbon tax. But I’m amazed that many supporters of a tax continue to talk about cap & trade like it’s an [...] [...] readers here at Terra Rossa know I’m not a fan of a carbon tax. But I’m amazed that many supporters of a tax continue to talk about cap & trade like it’s an [...]

]]> By: Boulder Carbon Tax Tracker » links for 2008-01-22 http://www.terrarossa.com/cap-vs-tax/#comment-15907 Boulder Carbon Tax Tracker » links for 2008-01-22 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:21:27 +0000 http://www.terrarossa.com/cap-vs-tax/#comment-15907 [...] Terra Rossa » Cap vs. Tax [...] [...] Terra Rossa » Cap vs. Tax [...]

]]> By: Dan http://www.terrarossa.com/cap-vs-tax/#comment-15860 Dan Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:13:01 +0000 http://www.terrarossa.com/cap-vs-tax/#comment-15860 Actually, it's with cap-and-trade that the government picks winners and losers. Based upon what's in Lieberman-Warner, there is a powerful push for the government to make polluters the big winners, but providing them with free allowances and massive windfalls. Who will pay? Not the polluters! Benefits will go to polluters and costs will be passed through to consumers. With a revenue-neutral carbon tax, as proposed by the Carbon Tax Center and many of carbon tax supporters listed on the Supporters pages at www.carbontax.org, the winners will be the environment and those among us who reduce our emissions of carbon dioxide (whether directly or indirectly). Contrary to Tucker's post lots of lots of revenue will not go to Washington. It will immediately be rebated to all Americans or used to offset payroll taxes. It's silly to suggest that carbon taxes have become popular on the right because of some reaction to Al Gore. Read what conservative economists and organizations such as the American Enterprise Institute have to say about carbon taxes at the Carbon Tax Center web site. You'll see that they support carbon taxes for the right reason -- because carbon taxes are consistent with sound economic theory. Actually, it’s with cap-and-trade that the government picks winners and losers. Based upon what’s in Lieberman-Warner, there is a powerful push for the government to make polluters the big winners, but providing them with free allowances and massive windfalls. Who will pay? Not the polluters! Benefits will go to polluters and costs will be passed through to consumers.

With a revenue-neutral carbon tax, as proposed by the Carbon Tax Center and many of carbon tax supporters listed on the Supporters pages at http://www.carbontax.org, the winners will be the environment and those among us who reduce our emissions of carbon dioxide (whether directly or indirectly). Contrary to Tucker’s post lots of lots of revenue will not go to Washington. It will immediately be rebated to all Americans or used to offset payroll taxes.

It’s silly to suggest that carbon taxes have become popular on the right because of some reaction to Al Gore. Read what conservative economists and organizations such as the American Enterprise Institute have to say about carbon taxes at the Carbon Tax Center web site. You’ll see that they support carbon taxes for the right reason — because carbon taxes are consistent with sound economic theory.

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