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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Carbon Tax Offers Win-Win-Win

Carbon Tax Offers Win-Win-Win

John Reilly & Sebastian Rausch, Politico
This time last year, Washington's AAA credit rating was downgraded, as Congress held hostage an agreement on a debt ceiling increase while looking for a long-term debt reduction plan. A year later, not much has changed.Congress is no closer to reaching consensus on reining in our nation's debt. The Bi-Partisan Tax Commission laid out the harsh reality: Closing the deficit would require both tax increases and cuts to key programs like Social Security.http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80177.html
 

Carbon Tax Silence, Overtaken by Events

Robert Frank, New York Times
DONT expect to hear much about climate change at the Republican and Democratic conventions.Yes, there will be plenty of speeches about unemployment, budget deficits and other immediate problems. But the threats posed by global warming are decades away; or so we have been told repeatedly in recent years.http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/business/carbon-tax-would-have-many-benefits-economic-view.html
 
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