Thursday, August 13, 2009

Cap and Trade

The UofWisconsin grad student who first proposed the idea of Cap and Trade now opposes it and questions whether it will work. He prefers emission taxes.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125011380094927137.html

I have always (well, since 1971 or so) thought the government should have taxes to cover the real cost of non-renewable resources and pollution. Cap and Trade seems like such a silly idea, especially on the global scale. There is still time for the Senate to reconsider the House plan.

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