Phil Flynn, an energy commodities trader, suggests that renewable energy technologies are obsolete, and that “if they can’t compete, maybe they shouldn’t” (“Fracking may hold key to energy independence,” On the Hot Seat, Money & Careers, Dec. 30). A carbon tax would correct the price of fossil energy to account for the social and ecological costs, and would enable renewable energy and conservation to flourish, creating millions of jobs.
The reason we don’t pass a carbon tax is that it would hurt the oil and gas companies that exert far too much control over our government.
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sage, a carbon tax would be passed along to the consumer, I don't know if you've noticed people can barely get by now. President Obama himself said that "Prices will likely skyrocket".
This article was really written by the Boston Globe. There's not a tax that the Globe doesn't like. This is a tax on the Middle Class and on poor people. Suggesting this tax makes a Liar out Elizabeth Warren ("The Middle Class is getting HAMMERED"), and Barack Obama, who falsely claimed that they would only tax the "Rich". This a tax on YOU. It will put many companies OUT OF BUSINESS. It will put millions of people out of work as a result.