RGGI Carbon Tax Scheme Doesn’t Actually Cut CO2 Emissions!

The main reason Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf wants to force his state (against the will of a majority of residents) to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a carbon tax, is that it will supposedly cut down the state's emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), which is supposedly causing Mom Earth to toast (see Gov. Wolf Goes Bonkers: EO Destroying Gas-Fired Elec, Carbon Tax). An article from the leftists at POLITICO and its subsidiary E&E News network reveals a bombshell revelation. RGGI, the "nation’s first CO2 cap and trade system," doesn't actually lower CO2 emissions! It's nothing more than a tax, a revenue generator so sleazy politicians can redistribute the wealth from poor people (electric ratepayers) to rich people (those who use so-called renewables and get big government handouts/incentives to do so). That's what RGGI amounts to--a reverse Robin Hood scheme of giving money from the poor and middle class to the rich. Disgusting.

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