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Calling Texan conservatives: cut taxes, cut carbon

Jan 14, 2016
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issues: Carbon Pricing, Energy and Environment
originally published in Pearland Journal
From Pearland Journal

Libertarian groups like R-Street and economists like Resources for the Future have studied the benefits of doing a tax swap, i.e. lower corporate and income taxes first, then levy a carbon tax. This approach could be net-stimulative to the economy while lowering income taxes – and who wouldn’t like that?

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