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The GOP won’t change there minds – they hate the tax
Hewett 20 (Frederick, is a Cambridge-based freelance climate and energy writer. 08-03-2020 “Putting A Price On Carbon: It Was Hot, Now It's Not” https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2020/08/03/carbon-pricing-tax-climate-change-policy-frederick-hewett)//BH-NB//
In 2018, Congressman Carlos Curbelo, a Florida Republican, introduced a carbon tax bill that foresaw a reduction of emissions to 40% below the 2005 level by 2050. Once again, intransigence killed the legislation. Subsequently, the GOP-controlled House passed a resolution deeming a carbon tax detrimental to the national economy. And more recent attempts to implement a national carbon fee were non-starters.
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