Thanks, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. In his speeches, he has candidly described how climate change will affect individual states — particularly ones with Republican leaders who he thinks might support new environmental policies. And Whitehouse thinks Republicans will have to take more responsibility for solving problems when theyre in charge, and it will become a colossal liability for them to continue denying climate change as the 2016 elections near, he said. Whitehouse thinks theres a chance his latest proposal, to impose a carbon fee on industries that emit carbon pollution into the atmosphere, can gain some traction. Prominent Republicans outside of government have endorsed a revenue-neutral fee on carbon, including Ronald Reagans secretary of state George Shultz, Reagans economic adviser Arthur Laffer and former Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis. To make it palatable to conservatives, Laffer and Inglis say the fee should be offset by a cut to the income tax. What conservative wouldnt jump at the opportunity to reduce the tax on income and put a tax on anything else? said Inglis, a former South Carolina congressman. (ANSWER: those funded by millions in fossil fuel donations)
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