The Race for Congress–The Climate Change Issue

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March 8, 2010
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This year there are 5 republicans and 1 Independent running in our congressional district. The republicans will go through a primary (an election before the one in November to decide on one republican for the republican nomination) in June and will then compete with the 1 independent in the final official congressional election. The 5 republican candidates believe in a lot of the same conservative principles (e.g. pro-life, fiscal responsibility, strong national defense), but there are some things that the republican candidates differ on. One of the biggest issues that has been highlighted the most in this race is the issue of climate change legislation. Here is what our current representative, Bob Inglis, who is running for reelection believes:

Inglis- “Science Committee trips to Antarctica have convinced me that climate change is real, that humans are contributing to the problem and that we need to take action.” Inglis has previously introduced a bill that attaches a price to the quantity of CO2 emitted and also lowers the payroll tax. Companies in the United States would have to pay for emitting CO2 and imported goods would be taxed for the carbon emissions they were made with also. However, the price of energy would go up. The price of coal would rise 83.5%, and natural gas and gasoline would both rise about 6%
Priorities that Inglis claims are essential to the bill are national security, job creation, and fighting climate change. “All three motivate me. To the climate deniers, you can be motivated by number one and number two.”

The other candidates, attorney Trey Gowdy, professor Christina Jeffrey, businessman Jim Lee, and state senator David Thomas, in general to not agree with taxing carbon emissions.
To look more at the bill Inglis proposed you can click here.

Sources
Bravender, Robin “CLIMATE: Inglis pushes carbon tax plan in lieu of cap and trade.” Environment & Energy Daily 19 Mar. 2009. 4 Mar. 2010 .

“Revenue-Neutral Tax Swap: The Raise Wages, Cut Carbon Act of 2009.” Bob Inglis. 4 Mar. 2010. .