Carbon Tax
There is little question of the utility of a carbon tax to incentivize greenhouse gas emission reductions. But this raises three other questions of a more practical nature: Why hasn’t…
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Carbon Tax
Who Pays?
A carbon tax is an essential part of the Climate Change solution. If done right, its cost doesn’t have to be passed on to consumers. It will fund a new…
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Who Pays?
What Changed?
Americans have always been ornery about rules, citing constitutional rights for personal freedoms, but today’s level of self-interest and non-cooperation have reached a new high. What has changed? Two big…
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What Changed?
Infrastructure Part Deux
A January 2020 blog introduced the problems with US infrastructure. This time, some fundamental explanations of infrastructure would appear useful given the resistance brewing about President Biden’s latest proposal. Two…
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Infrastructure Part Deux
Losing Freedom
The far right keeps saying they will lose their freedoms when the Dems take charge. What freedoms are they concerned about? Is this code for racism – does losing white…
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Losing Freedom
Black Lives Matter
When Niki Haley stared into the camera at the 2020 Republican convention and said, “there is no racism in America,” she sealed her fate as an idiot, a liar, and…
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Black Lives Matter
Saw It Coming
The far-right yahoo insurrection at the Capital has been building for years, unquestionably egged on by Trump. January 6 was just more blatant. All those morally bankrupt politicians who for…
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Saw It Coming