left wing post?
it is obvious this is a biased viewpoint because of the statement "Right-wing groups are already mustering their opposition to it."
so it's really nice to see the left haven't changed their agenda one bit... if they can't raise taxes by calling it a 'Carbon Tax', they'll try not calling it a tax and try to raise taxes anyway.
oh, and even if they can't raise taxes, they'll continue to spend us all into poverty.
by the way, while I'm on a rant, raising taxes on anything does eventually 'trickle down' to the lowest earners, who end up paying more for their goods and services. FiT is a classic example... this is from the horses mouth: 'In order to pay for the FiTs, an assessment would be levied on all consumers utility bills'.
who do you think pays a higher percentage of their yearly earning on utilities?
if a person making $12K a year pays $100/month for their utilities that's 10%. if a person making $12M a year paid 10%, they would have to spend $100K/month. poor people get hurt more than middle income and they all get hurt more than rich folk.
some of the things I'd like to see on the federal level
1. a fair tax on everything: a flat tax. Everyone from the poorest to the richest pays the same rate on all income regardless of the source
2. eliminate all the other taxes
3. government stepping back from interfering, controlling, and 'investing' in private business unless it must for the common good (regulating nuclear power and regulating airlines are good examples). most everything else should be left to the states.
4. a law that requires all congressional members up for re-election on the next election day, to retire from congress if a balanced budget is not created.
the above and more that I won't get into here will lead to meaningful downsizing of the federal government and a decrease in deficit spending.
