Posts Tagged ‘cap-and-trade’

Gas Prices Are Too Low

GOP presidential candidates are blasting President Obama for not lowering the price of gasoline. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) doesn’t stop there. He claims Obama is deliberately driving prices to $4 a gallon. He’s not. But he should.  In an election year, Obama may be the last guy who wants gas prices to rise. However, if  we [...]

Carbon Taxes: The Levy (Some) Conservatives Love

You know the Washington Rule: Liberals will never support spending cuts and conservatives will never back tax increases. Yet, there is one new levy that at least some on the right do support—a carbon tax. Backing for this idea has popped up in some interesting places. Most recently, the American Enterprise Institute included it in a [...]