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Mitt Romney Wants a Carbon Tax, Says Climate Change is Happening – Insists He Will Work for Those ‘Left Behind' Like Coal Miners
2019-08-21
[KUTV via Gateway Pundit] U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney said Monday that he believes climate change is happening and human activity is a significant contributor.

During a speech at the conservative Sutherland Institute in Salt Lake City, the senator acknowledged that the position is rare among his fellow Republicans, but one that younger people seem to respond to more strongly than older conservatives.

"In some respects, (by speaking with newer conservatives), I’ll be able to make inroads with some of the young people coming along," he said...

...The U.S. should instead provide incentivizes for entrepreneurs to develop cleaner energy sources while also helping people who work in industries that could be left behind, such as coal mining, he added.

"I’m not willing to sit by if there are major sectors that are losers ... and watch people and communities suffer because of that change," he said.

Romney discussed the benefits of a carbon tax, a fee based on each ton of carbon dioxide emissions produced by fossil fuels that some major oil companies have adopted.
Posted by:Besoeker

#22  Magpie, the Byzantines would accompany exile with some disqualifying disfigurement. Castration was a popular one, as it also eliminated the odds of heirs popping up later, but the usual was removing the nose. Mangled people were clearly not favored by God, and thus unsuitable to be the Emperor of Rome.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2019-08-21 23:35  

#21  But where?
IIRC, the Byzantines had a quaint custom for inconvenient political opponents: a new lifestyle as a Solitary Monk on a small island. Just imagine, you have a restful life tending a small vegetable patch, several goats or a chicken or two, far away from civilization where you can study Holy Booksâ„¢.
Posted by: magpie   2019-08-21 16:16  

#20  Do we need to test passenger seats on new spacecraft? I can't think of anybody more expendable.
Posted by: Vernal Hatrick   2019-08-21 15:48  

#19  Greenland is too nice for that. Send em to gitmo, on the way let the Lieutenant on the C-130 tell em "You know, you'll never get to leave there. The medic can fix you up or you can take your chances with that parachute pack over there..."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-08-21 14:26  

#18  But where?
Let's buy Greenland!
Posted by: Glenmore   2019-08-21 14:09  

#17  "We need an exile ... policy for losing candidates." M. Murcek
Yes, Yes, Yes! But where?
Posted by: ruprecht   2019-08-21 13:14  

#16  True. Man-made, panic fueled, existential traps for fools and their families.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-08-21 12:22  

#15  Islam, Catholicism, Mormons, Climate Change, Socialism... there are differences in the details, but none of them encourage people to think for themselves or live independently of Cult Leadership.
Posted by: Vernal Hatrick   2019-08-21 12:17  

#14  The difference between religion and cult is solely one of scale. A religion is a cult that has gotten really big.
Posted by: Vernal Hatrick   2019-08-21 12:15  

#13  Jack, I thought it was the Clinton - Gore administration? Good to see you G.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2019-08-21 12:09  

#12  I'll believe climate change is a problem when the people saying it is a problem start acting like it is a problem.
Posted by: Glenmore   2019-08-21 11:21  

#11  Mitt has always believed this. It's one of the many, many reasons why he was such a terrible choice to run for President, at least for Republicans.
Posted by: Iblis   2019-08-21 10:51  

#10  The Lutherans brought us the Minnesota Somalis, the lovers of assimilation.
Posted by: Jack Salami    2019-08-21 09:32  

#9  I left the Lutheran Church because they are up to 5 or six religions now: LGTQWXYZ, Climate Change, BLM, Latin American Refugees, Syrian Refugees...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-08-21 08:48  

#8  When churches declare that their flock needs a second religion you know the game is up. I actually have additional respect for Jehova's Witnesses now until they also buy in...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-08-21 08:45  

#7  'Airstip One' must have a common enemy. Climate Change is that enemy.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-08-21 08:42  

#6  Climate Change will always happen whether humans want it too or not.

I just don't believe human actives contribute all that much to it.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-08-21 08:36  

#5  Umm, could someone tell me the time when "Climate Change" wasn't happening?
Posted by: AlanC   2019-08-21 08:29  

#4  ...Brutus is an honourable man.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-08-21 08:10  

#3  "Because I once ran for prexident and lost I have a right (in my own mind) to make policy." We need an exile or euthanasia policy for losing candidates. It would focus everyone's attention.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-08-21 08:04  

#2  You can see the strings being dangled
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-08-21 05:50  

#1  Mormons recently embraced the global warming message and many ray they are not going to have children to stop global warming. I heard a Christian preacher say the Mormons are a cult and in time you will see why. How prophetic.
Posted by: Varmint Splat1454   2019-08-21 03:59  

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