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Barton Apologizes for Apologizing to BP for Obama's 'Shakedown'

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Nimed6/17/2010 2:14:43 pm PDT

re: #104 Aceofwhat?

Good. Cap and trade is a bad idea. We should go pigovian.

But Cap and Trade pigovian in its essence. It’s not a straight carbon tax (which would have an even smaller chance of becoming legislation), but the bottom line is pretty similar to that of a standard pigovian tax — it puts a price tag on a negative externality.