At yesterday’s Deals & Deal Makers Conference in New York, Glenn Hubbard, the Columbia Business School Dean and former Bush administration economic adviser, argued in favor of a carbon tax.
http://blogs.wsj.com/energy/2007/06/28/hubbard-argues-for-a-carbon-tax/
Hubbard supports either a carbon tax or a carbon cap and trade system in which the carbon credits are auctioned off. He does not support a cap and trade system in which the credits are given away, because then the government isn't getting any funds from the process.
Hubbard basically feels that the government can redistribute funds from a carbon tax to reduce other taxes and have no net tax increase.
This is no liberal. This is a former Bush economic advisor who was instrumental in Bush's 2003 tax cuts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Hubbard_(economics)
What do you think about this conservative economist pushing for a carbon tax?
2007-12-27 04:06:09 · 4 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
he obviously has an economic model in mind and has a ground floor position in the market for that model
2007-12-27 04:10:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
"former Bush economic advisor"? Are you trying to see how far you can stretch it to try to link it to Bush? Sounds like the typical dem or media. What is wrong with an economic advisor suggesting a tax? That is typically what they do.
2007-12-27 13:03:27 · answer #2 · answered by Bleh! 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The carbon tax is the forerunner of the U.N. receiving taxes.-------this carbon tax has long been suggested for use by the U.N.---the reasoning being that airplanes fly internationally and pollute the enviorment so this tax would be use by the U.N. for whatever---and they want control.----Globalists are not restricted to liberal or conservative.
2007-12-27 12:14:36 · answer #3 · answered by doubleolly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
algore got to him
2007-12-27 12:14:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋