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The Unlikely Battle to Pass the Nation’s First Carbon Tax

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Even if you want 100% clean, renewable energy (I do, don’t you?) a Carbon Tax is a REALLY Bad idea. When you tax energy, you tax Productivity. EVERYTHING we produce here in USA ends up costing more if you tax energy production, which is what a carbon tax directly does. This ends up becoming very regressive, hurting the poorest people the most, by inflating monthly bills that they have no choice but to pay (heat, electricity, food, gasoline).
Instead, we should seek to reward good behavior instead of punishing bad behavior…especially since the end user ends up paying the cost. Give tax credits to companies which convert to alternative, renewable energy sources, and cut all credits to anyone who doesn’t (*cough* *cough* *Big Oil*). But don’t add a tax which ends up hurting everyone. Please.

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Obama to black voters: Trump would undo my legacy

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Legacy? Can someone please tell me exactly what Barack Obama has done for black Americans? Other than, obviously, giving them a black person to vote for…and plenty of broken promises?

Seriously. Are predominantly black schools any better now than before? Are less unarmed blacks being shot by police? Is poverty among African Americans reduced by any significant amount? Because we know that the wealth of the wealthiest Americans has increased GREATLY in the past 8 years. The poor? The poor are not really less poor at all.

I honestly would like to hear it. Please tell me how Black Lives Matter more NOW than in 2007?

Obamacare you say? Sure. OK…But tell me about it next year when it’s 20% more expensive, and many have to drop coverage because they can’t afford it.

Frankly, if I were African American, I’d be PISSED at Obama.

Obama spoke of hope and new beginnings for All on the Campaign trail in 2008. I guess he was referring to the several new Wars we’ve started since he took office, that he hopes we’ll win…someday long after he leaves office.

I voted for Obama in 2012, but I would NOT vote for a 3rd Obama Term if I could. WAIT…I take that back. If Obama were running against Hillary, and the alternative was Trump, I WOULD vote for Obama. I just wouldn’t like it very much.

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