Why is it the governments job? Why dont you lead by example and give up some modern conveniences and emit less greenhouse gas? Let me guess, you won't. You demand that other people make changes while you continue along your merry little way. Its leftism 101. Demand change and sacrifice from other people while you do nothing. Thats a pretty sweet little deal.
If it is so important then lead by example. Left wingers are great at telling other people how to spend their money and resources. Lets solve this problem using other peoples money. You are a fraud.
You want to spend our tax dollars to solve a non-existent problem. What a complete waste of money. Considering all the obvious problems that can be tackled - poverty, food insecurity, housing, education, Islamic terrorism, etc. - using government money to solve "global warming" is a complete waste of taxpayer dollars.
Other people's money? As far as I can tell, a carbon tax will not be just for conservatives. Although maybe that's not a bad idea. In fact, since they are the ones making the eventual clean up more expensive by not acting now, they should pay more. Good idea you had there.
You know the biggest benefactors of a carbon tax will be traditional energy companies such as Exxon-Mobil who will get the credits for cheap and sell them at huge profits - all as part of an artificial market started by the government for no legitimate purpose. Of course they will use this money to further expand their oil & gas operations world-wide. The second biggest benefactor will be the politically-connected operatives who have set themselves up to operate the carbon-exchanges. The obvious example being Al Gore and the GIM hedge fund. The third biggest benefactor will be the utility companies that started Electricity exchanges which will have have carbon credits added to their trading infrastructure. One example being Duke Power - which will be glad to use the money to keep their coal-fired power plants in operation. Of course, these are the same characters (including Enron) who caused the California black-out crisis due to their electricity trading. The Losers - all the consumers who will bear the costs of carbon credits via higher costs for goods that make energy companies rich without improving the environment whatsoever. Additionally all the employers who will have to buy carbon credits at inflated prices to run their operations (steel plants, manufacturers, etc.) Many politicians love the concept of a carbon exchange - it will fill the pockets of their benefactors and themselves with an endless stream of cash. All to address a problem, "global warming, that does not exist. Fortunately more sane minds have prevailed for now and a mandatory carbon credit scheme has not been put into place.
Are you freaking kidding me? We all know how the carbon tax would work. The democrats would rig it so that some people would pay huge carbon taxes and lots of businesses would close as a result. Another group would acquire huge carbon subsidies and would be living high on the hog. We have all seen this movie before.