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Press Room CFIF Joins Coalition in Support of Scalise/McKinley Anti-Carbon Tax Resolution
| CFIF Joins Coalition in Support of Scalise/McKinley Anti-Carbon Tax Resolution |
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| Thursday, July 19 2018 |
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This week, the Center for Individual Freedom joined a coalition of more than 40 conservative organizations on a letter, organized by Americans for Tax Reform, in support for a congressional resolution in opposition to any carbon tax. Read the letter below or here (PDF). July 17, 2018 Dear Members of Congress: The undersigned organizations urge you to support the concurrent resolution, introduced by Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Congressman David McKinley (R-W.V.), which expresses the sense of the Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the U.S. economy. We oppose any carbon tax. We oppose a carbon tax because it would lead to less income and fewer jobs for American families. For example, a 2014 Heritage Foundation report found that a $37 per ton carbon tax would lead to a loss of more than $2.5 trillion in aggregate gross domestic product by 2030. That is more than $21,000 in income loss per family. In addition, a carbon tax would cost over 500,000 jobs in manufacturing and more than one million jobs by 2030. According to a 2013 CBO report, a carbon tax is highly regressive. After President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law on December 22, 2017, more than 90 percent of wage earners have had higher take-home pay. At least 500 companies of all sizes have already announced special bonuses, pay raises, 401(k) match increases, tuition assistance, new training programs and other benefits for workers. Thanks to the GOP tax cuts, utility companies are lowering rates, which means lower bills for consumers. A carbon tax would reverse many of these successes. We support the House Concurrent Resolution in opposition to a job-killing carbon tax and urge members to co-sponsor and support this effort. Sincerely, Grover Norquist Brent Wm. Gardner David McIntosh Kent Lassman Daniel J. Erspamer Phil Kerpen Matt Schlapp Tom Pyle Lisa B. Nelson Jason Pye Norm Singleton Andrew F. Quinlan Jeffrey Mazzella Olivia Grady Matthew Kandrach Thomas Schatz Katie McAuliffe Craig Richardson Alex Ayers Matt Kiibbe Annette Meeks George Landrith Tim Huelskamp PhD Mario H. Lopez Amy Oliver Cooke Carrie L. Lukas Heather R. Higgins Sal J. Nuzzo Becki Gray Seton Motley Matthew Gagnon Brett Healy Lorenzo Montanari Mike Stenhouse Paul Gessing David Williams James L. Martin, Founder/Chairman Judson Phillips Michael W. Thompson Amy Kremer Becky Norton Dunlop |
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