No matter how you dress it up, voters are not willing to pay any tax associated with carbon dioxide or energy.
West Virginia Record (2/5/24) reports: "A recent survey by the American Energy Alliance shows that likely voters in eight key states want to see elected officials in Washington grow the economy and address inflation rather than focus on climate change. In fact, only 3 percent identify climate change as the most pressing issue facing our country. Moreover, a majority of voters — including 63 percent of Republicans — oppose a proposal in Washington to impose a new carbon tax on imported goods. There is good reason to oppose this measure, called the Foreign Pollution Fee Act, as well as a related measure, called the PROVE IT Act. The idea behind taxing imports based on the carbon emissions in the country of origin may seem reasonable at first. But anyone with a fundamental understanding of economics can tell you that domestic job creators and working Americans are the ones who will actually pay for the increased costs associated with this new tax...Curiously, several Republicans in the U.S. Senate who normally champion job-creating policies have signed on to these bills. Perhaps they naively believe they can penalize antagonistic foreign countries without also hurting American workers and families. Perhaps they’ve even bought into the environmentalism of the bills’ Democratic supporters, who push 'Bidenomics' down the throats of hardworking Americans, despite its clear shortcomings."
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