Vice President Kamala Harris supported a carbon tax when she last ran for president in 2020, but her campaign has ignored multiple requests from the Daily Caller News Foundation to clarify whether she still supports a carbon tax.
During a town hall meeting hosted by CNN in 2019, Harris made it clear approved Regarding a carbon tax, he added that the additional costs that would be passed on to consumers “should not be a reason not to impose a carbon tax.” DCNF reached out to the Harris campaign multiple times over four days to ask whether she still supports a carbon tax as she did in the 2020 election, but the campaign did not respond to any of those inquiries.
A carbon tax is a tax levied by a government on the emission of carbon and other greenhouse gases, intended to encourage emissions reduction. according to to the Tax Policy Center. Supporter Carbon taxes are often characterized as a market-friendly mechanism that can help reduce emissions across the U.S. economy while generating revenue. Opponent They argue that a carbon tax would only increase costs for businesses and consumers and do little to actually reduce emissions. (RELATED: “Border Secretary” Kamala Harris previously blamed the migration surge on “lack of climate adaptation.”)
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“So in the new plan that you announced today, you mentioned a climate pollution fee, and we'll try to understand what that is, how big corporations would be paying this fee,” said CNN's Erin Burnett, who moderated the town hall event. Said “But how do we prevent them from doing what they're going to do, which is pass that cost on to consumers right away?” he asked Harris.
“Firstly, we're going to do this in a similar way that we've done it with industry in the past, which is that there must be some kind of relationship between fees and bad behaviour, and we need to monitor whether that gets passed on to consumers,” Harris replied. “But I would say this: that should never be a reason not to actually implement a fee, particularly a carbon fee.”
Ahead of the CNN event, Harris' 2020 campaign unveiled a comprehensive climate change plan that includes a “gradually escalating fee” on carbon emissions. according to Politico too Explained At the time, Harris was one of two Democratic candidates to voice support for a carbon tax.
The Harris campaign has already been trying to distance her from some of the left-leaning positions the vice president supported during the 2020 campaign, including a ban on fracking. abolish Private health insurance. As a 2020 candidate, Harris also Exclude Plastic straws and change Dietary guidelines urging Americans to eat less red meat.
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