Al Gore is just the spokesperson for the carbon tax. If he didn’t peddle it they would easily find someone else. The source of this particularly evil idea is much higher up. It is quite literally a “tax on breathing” and the people George Carlin famously referred to as “the owners” have been itching to get it implemented for some time now.
Whether or not global warming is happening or is caused by humans burning too many fossil fuels, a tax on CO2 emissions isn’t going to do a damn thing to stop it. The price of gas is mostly taxes and we burn more of the stuff than ever. Cigarette smoking is down not because of the incredibly high cigarette taxes, but because people don’t feel like giving themselves cancer as much as they used to. Taxes don’t do a lot to reduce consumption — and with this one there’s not much to reduce.
Get ready, it’s coming. You can always stop breathing if you don’t want to pay it! I’m starting to suspect that’s what “the owners” really want anyway…
