re: #317 lostlakehiker

Fix 5: Tax the use of coal, and use the proceeds to fund general revenue.
Fix 6: Tax the use of coal, and use the proceeds to fund development of wind/solar/nuclear.
Fix 7: Tax the use of coal, and use the proceeds to reimburse consumers for the average extra cost they’d incur if they consumed an average amount of electricity. Those who used less would come out ahead; those who used more would come out behind.

Fixes 5, 6, 7 are approaches that might be something conservatives could swallow.

Which conservative politicians do you know who would consider any of those fixes? Signing on to any of these at the moment means instant primary from the Club for Growth.

I mean, it’s nice to imagine that there are “conservatives” out there who would go for these solutions, but have we really seen any self-designated conservatives voting this way, at all, in the last 10 years?