Carbon tax - getting tax-fat and sounding moral

 

An update on Governor Inslee's motor fuel tax proposal is that it has passed out of the Washing State Senate Ways and Means Committee.  See how happy the "Democratic" sponsors look?

When the tax increase is finally enacted, this is how much tax it will add to the price of gasoline:

A tax of 87.8¢ per gallon will be added to the cost of gasoline.

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Background

The current legislative session is considering huge carbon taxes on the people.   A large number of tax increases put forth are to tax carbon emissions, based on the phony assertion that carbon emission is bad for the environment (you exhale carbon dioxide, which trees use to build themselves).  Republicans used to keep such nonsense under control -- we may become very sorry we allowed the Democratics to run the legislature and the Governor's Mansion.

A search for the term 'carbon tax' returned 96 hits on the legislative website.  Here are a few of them:

1. 2230(2017-18) AN ACT Relating to enacting a carbon emissions tax
2. 5509(2017-18) AN ACT Relating to promoting an equitable clean energy economy by creating a carbon tax
3. 1646(2017-18) AN ACT Relating to promoting an equitable clean energy economy by creating a carbon tax
4. 5930(2017-18) AN ACT Relating to establishing a carbon pollution tax
5. 1555(2017-18) AN ACT Relating to establishing a carbon pollution tax
6. 5127(2017-18) AN ACT Relating to establishing a carbon pollution tax
7. 6096(2017-18) AN ACT Relating to climate protection
8. 6203(2017-18) AN ACT Relating to reducing carbon pollution
9. 1646 HBA ENVI 17(2017-18) Promoting an equitable clean energy economy by creating a carbon tax
10. 5385 SBA EET 17(2017-18) Creating a fossil fuel carbon pollution tax
11. 6335(2017-18) AN ACT Relating to creating a fossil fuel carbon pollution tax

I added links to the status page on the Washington State Legislature website, but a the information at those links may be out of date.

 

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Modern farm cost of production is sensitive to fuel cost.  Fro example, an increase of 20¢ per gallon  in fuel cost will increase cost just for wheat by between 1.25¢ to 4.5¢ per bushel at the farm.  Even if you ride the bus, there will be increase in cost of production and transportation of all the everyday food you eat.  That is unconscionable.