On the recordOctober 27, 2009
Now, my colleague calls it a tax. It is not a tax because if you clean up your act, and you figure out how to get the carbon out of the air, you do not have to do anything.
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congress.gov“Now, my colleague calls it a tax. It is not a tax because if you clean up your act, and you figure out how to get the carbon out of the air, you do not have to do anything.”
Boxer argues that the polluter pay program is not a tax if companies reduce emissions.
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