Harris Campaign Mum About Whether She Still Wants To Foist ‘Climate’ Tax On Americans
Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed carbon taxes the last time she ran for president in the 2020 election cycle, but her campaign ignored multiple Daily Caller News Foundation requests to clarify whether she still…
Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed carbon taxes the last time she ran for president in the 2020 election cycle, but her campaign ignored multiple Daily Caller News Foundation requests to clarify whether she still supports them.
During a 2019 town hall hosted by CNN, Harris explicitly endorsed carbon taxes, adding that any additional costs being passed on to consumers “should never be the reason” to not impose them. The DCNF reached out to the Harris campaign several times over the course of four days to inquire about whether Harris still supports carbon taxes as she did in the 2020 cycle, but the campaign did not respond to any of those inquiries.
A carbon tax is a government-imposed fee on carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions that is designed to incentivize emission reductions, according to the Tax Policy Center. Proponents of carbon taxes often characterize them as a market-friendly mechanism to help cut emissions across the American economy while generating tax revenue, but opponents say that carbon taxes will only drive up costs for businesses and consumers while doing little to actually reduce emissions.