Images: Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyToo many Republicans these days have lost their economic bearings.
Look no further than a GOP Senate bill that would enact a carbon tariff—i.e., a new tax.
The Foreign Pollution Fee Act, sponsored by Louisiana’s Bill Cassidy and South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham , could well have been written by the Sierra Club and AFL-CIO.
Among the carbon tariff’s biggest advocates is Donald Trump’s former trade adviser Robert Lighthizer , who favors tariffs in principle.
So it’s worth deconstructing the misleading arguments that Mr. Cassidy and others are making for climate protectionism.
Persons:
Mike Johnson, Mark Kelly, Louisiana’s Bill Cassidy, Carolina’s Lindsey Graham, Donald Trump’s, Robert Lighthizer, Cassidy
Organizations:
Zuma, GOP Senate, Sierra Club, AFL
Locations:
China