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2018-10-21 Government

Washington state voters could be the first to approve a carbon tax

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-10-21 07:38|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 this is a typical lefty initiative

1. lots of favored industries get exemptions (paper mills, cement, aluminum)

2. the revenues are going to be used for subsidizing other favored industries ('renewable energy')

3. the taxes won't directly hit consumers, they will hit businesses who will have to raise prices and get blamed for gouging

Posted by lord garth 2018-10-21 08:21|| 2018-10-21 08:21|| Front Page Top

#2 outside of seattlestan, i have only found 1pro 1631 yard sign, and mailers have been 100% against.
even some of the tree huggers dont like it.
costs will be a job killer

Posted by USN, Ret. 2018-10-21 09:05|| 2018-10-21 09:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Get woke, go broke.

Posted by Thaiger Omeque4448 2018-10-21 10:33|| 2018-10-21 10:33|| Front Page Top

#4 You forgot...

4. Won't actually solve the problem. Providing a future crisis to exploit.

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-10-21 10:55|| 2018-10-21 10:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Leaving aside the negative economic impact, points 1-4 from the previous commenters, and the fact that Global Warming will eventually be recognized as the biggest scientific hoax since the Piltdown Man, I like the carbon tax. It makes me nostalgic for the good old days when the Church sold indulgences and you could simply buy your way out of sin.

Posted by SteveS 2018-10-21 11:19|| 2018-10-21 11:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Great. But when will the hypocritical libs in Washington vote on recycling bytes?! They have been letting Microsoft get away with gluten, GMO packed bytes for years.

Posted by Woodrow 2018-10-21 12:03|| 2018-10-21 12:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Ever notice that no matter what the 'problem' is, the left-wing 'solution' is always the same: more regulation and more taxes.

Posted by Iblis 2018-10-21 12:08|| 2018-10-21 12:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Mo spending is their knee-jerk reaction

Posted by Frank G 2018-10-21 12:43|| 2018-10-21 12:43|| Front Page Top

#9 Does this mean no more outside blunts?

Posted by Skidmark 2018-10-21 14:18|| 2018-10-21 14:18|| Front Page Top

#10 Frank, just one more reminder of my favorite Temptations song Ball of Confusion aka Revolution.

"Politicians say mo taxes will solve everything, hey hey".

Posted by AlanC 2018-10-21 15:48|| 2018-10-21 15:48|| Front Page Top

#11 They have been letting Microsoft get away with gluten, GMO packed bytes for years.

Let's not go there. As soon as the topic comes up, they're going to start howling about the Big-Indian/Little-Indian thing and before you know it, we're arguing over positive and negative zero, and two's compliment arithmetic.

Posted by SteveS 2018-10-21 17:10|| 2018-10-21 17:10|| Front Page Top

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