{"id":48472,"date":"2013-04-03T11:22:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T17:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=48472"},"modified":"2013-04-03T11:26:44","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T17:26:44","slug":"imf-calls-on-u-s-to-institute-500-billion-carbon-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=48472","title":{"rendered":"“IMF calls on U.S. to institute $500 billion carbon tax”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why ban when you can just price all but the very rich out of access to abundant energy?<\/p>\n

NetRightDaily<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called upon the U.S., its largest contributor, to levy a $500 billion a year carbon tax on consumers to offset what it calls \u201cunderpriced\u201d oil, coal, and other energy products.<\/p>\n

This \u201cmispricing\u201d is supposedly leading to \u201cexcessive energy consumption,\u201d which is \u201caccelerating the depletion of natural resources\u201d and contributing to climate change.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe IMF is lobbying on behalf of environmentalist radicals, arguing that not implementing a half-trillion dollar a year carbon tax is a de facto energy subsidy,\u201d Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson wrote in a letter<\/a> to members of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade.<\/p>\n

The IMF study, published on Jan. 28,<\/a> states, \u201cConsumer subsidies include two components: a pre-tax subsidy (if the price paid by firms and households is below supply and distribution costs) and a tax subsidy (if taxes are below their efficient level).\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement, Wilson called the IMF\u2019s view \u201cwarped.\u201d He added, \u201cnot taxing being construed as a subsidy that economically crowds out anything is as Orwellian as it gets. There is no level of deception these people will not stoop to in order to hide their true ends.\u201d<\/p>\n

The study justifies these taxes as preventing climate change: \u201cThe efficient taxation of energy further requires corrective taxes to capture negative environmental and other externalities due to energy use (such as global warming and local pollution).\u201d<\/p>\n

In a March 27 interview, the IMF\u2019s head of fiscal affairs, Carlo Cottarelli said<\/a>, \u201cEven where countries impose taxes on energy, they\u2019re rarely high enough to account for all of the adverse effects of excessive energy consumption, including on the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cottarelli claimed that not taxing carbon emissions in the U.S. by $500 billion a year \u201ccrowd[s] out public spending that can boost growth, including on infrastructure, education, and health care. Cheap energy can also lead to overconsumption of energy, which aggravates environmental problems, such as pollution and climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJust think about what Cottarelli said. It\u2019s a completely distorted view of reality. It is higher energy costs and increased taxes are what would actually dampen consumer spending in other areas,\u201d Wilson explained.<\/p>\n

Therefore, Wilson said, the IMF-proposed carbon tax is \u201cjust a means to an end by increasing governmental power over other these other areas of the economy, like health care and education, for one by raising $500 billion a year in additional revenue.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBy strangling the economy for money and restricting energy consumption, people will naturally turn to governments for sustenance since producing value in the private sector will come at a much higher premium. What good is a job in the U.S. economy if a person cannot afford to drive there?\u201d Wilson asked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Remember when the left and the so-called crunchy cons sneered at those of us who saw in these climate change “fixes” a move to justify global wealth redistribution and attempts to truly re-create a two-part global class system of wealthy elite\/ruling class and then the rest of us?<\/p>\n

And yet here it is, practically unvarnished:\u00a0 a failure to drive up energy costs through excessive taxation means that the government doesn’t have enough money to turn around and help those who are hurt by high-energy costs, effectively keeping the government from controlling the private free citizen.<\/p>\n

Which is presented as a bad thing.<\/em><\/p>\n

The left wants to limit productivity and mobility, because in doing so it promotes dependence — which in turn grants them power — and it increase the amount of generated wealth the must first flow through them, to be used as they see fit.<\/p>\n

This is confiscatory.\u00a0 It is theft presented as environmental protection that, as a result of the dislocation it causes, seeks to position itself on the back end as governmental compassion.\u00a0 Which is a bit like having someone cut off your legs to save wear on the carpet, then turn around and offer you occasion wheel cheer access — and expect you to thank them for it.<\/p>\n

This is who they are.\u00a0 It’s what they do and will always do.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Unless we say no.\u00a0 Because their power, as I’ve noted before, comes only from our willingness to accede to their tyrannical designs.<\/p>\n

What will be the spark that convinces us the time to fight back aggressively is upon us?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why ban when you can just price all but the very rich out of access to abundant energy? NetRightDaily: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called upon the U.S., its largest contributor, to levy a $500 billion a year carbon tax on consumers to offset what it calls \u201cunderpriced\u201d oil, coal, and other energy products. This \u201cmispricing\u201d is supposedly leading to \u201cexcessive energy consumption,\u201d which is \u201caccelerating the depletion of<\/p>\n

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