Fight Global Warming by Taxation??

Gee, who would have thought a Democrat, would come up with this cleaver idea.

"WASHINGTON -- Dealing with global warming will be painful, says one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress. To back up his claim he is proposing a recipe many people won't like _ a 50-cent gasoline tax, a carbon tax and scaling back tax breaks for some home owners.

"I'm trying to have everybody understand that this is going to cost and that it's going to have a measure of pain that you're not going to like," Rep. John Dingell, who is marking his 52nd year in Congress, said Wednesday in an interview with The Associated Press.

Dingell will offer a "discussion draft" outlining his tax proposals on Thursday, the same day that President Bush holds a two-day conference to discuss voluntary efforts to combat climate change."

When will any of these weak politician, get the balls to go after GM etc... and force them to immediately increase efficiency. All they can come up with is taxing the consumer????

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/26/AR2007092602127_pf.html