Comments on: Now They Tell Us

By: Curtis

Curtis — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:17:21 +0000

anon is right. By re-arranging (not raising) taxes, we can reduce CO2 emission for free. Raise the gas tax 10 cent gallons each year for the next 20 year. Reduce the social security tax by the same amount each year. Obviously, this will hurt high energy using people and corporations and will help high labor companies and people.

Tax what you want to discourage (e.g. CO2 production) and reduce tax on what you want to encourage (e.g. employment). It really is a no brainer but has no hope of be enacted.

By: Pat Moffitt

Pat Moffitt — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:55:59 +0000

EPA has no risk- only upside with its push for carbon regulations. Lets add language to any bill that says for every dollar EPA is wrong it comes out of EPA’s budget.

By: mesaeconoguy

mesaeconoguy — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:36:04 +0000

I have a computer model which says the spare rocks next to my pool are worth $10,000,000,000.

Or, you can just sue the EPA, which everyone is either 1) already doing, or 2) about to do.

These people (the EPA) simply donâ€™t know jack shit.

By: Evil Red Scandi

Evil Red Scandi — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:52:27 +0000

Sounds like the Drug Enforcement Agency would be best off concentrating its efforts on the Environmental Protection Agency. If both agencies take each other out in a blaze of gunfire, then we all win.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:50:34 +0000

OK, immediately enact a Pigouvian tax of 25 cents/gallon and 3 cents/kw-h . . . with an offsetting decrease in income tax.

Do it now, do it today, then STFU about global warming.

(and this means you can get rid of all subsidies for “green” energy, right?)