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https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/leftist-democrats-environmental-hypocrisy-on-gas-prices/“The impact of rising fuel prices on our economy and on family budgets is significant and widespread.”Those words of concern about the price of gas are from a letter co-signed by Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer. Ironically, Senator Schumer (D., N.Y.) has long supported increasing the price of gas as part of a policy to reduce CO2 emissions to fight climate change.
So too have the three others who signed the letter. Senator Maria Cantwell (D., Wash.) proposed a “cap-and-dividend” bill that would have increased gas taxes by up to 21 cents per gallon. The letter was also signed by Senator Ed Markey (D., Mass.), whose name adorns the most aggressive climate legislation of the last decade, a bill that would have increased gas prices by up to 63 cents per gallon, according to the Energy Information Administration.
The piece points out these senators are most concerned with taxes going o the US Treasury rather than OPEC, and how hypocritical it is to demand higher taxes for gas and electricity and then demand something be done about the higher prices of said items.
The goal of the higher prices by the Environmental wing is to reduce the use of said Carbon fuels to save the earth, nominally. Yet when that actually hits voters who scream for relief, the environmental goals are no longer important. Funny that eh?