Grover Norquist says a carbon tax would violate tax pledge
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Gore calls on Obama to ‘act boldly’ on climate change: Demands immediate push for a carbon tax
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Think tank to sue Treasury to make carbon tax proposal emails public
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A Carbon Tax Cometh?! ‘The carbon-tax crowd is a big tent, bringing together deficit hawks, growth mavens and climate worriers’
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EU backs down on airline carbon tax: ‘The Obama admin. objected strongly to the proposal’
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Update: Grover Norquist called ‘Bonehead of the Day’: ‘Americans for Tax Reform chief Norquist says a carbon tax would not necessarily violate his group’s ‘no-tax’pledge’
Norquist: …There is no conceivable way to add an energy or VAT tax to the burdens taxpayers face that would not violate pledge over time’
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Grover Norquist: Carbon-Tax Swap for Income-Tax Cut Wouldn’t Violate No-Tax-Hike Pledge — Media goes gaga: ‘In a step that may help crack open the partisan impasse on climate change…’
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No Joke! New York Times: Carbon Tax Will Reduce Taxes And ‘Increase Personal Freedom’: NYT: ‘The Most Sensible Tax of All’
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White House says Obama is not planning a carbon tax proposal: The Administration has not proposed nor is planning to propose a carbon tax’
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Washington Post endorses carbon tax ‘to fight global warming’, Predicts it ‘could bring in serious money’ — ‘would raise $125 billion a year’
That’s more than entirely eliminating tax deduction for mortgage interest.
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