Speaker 1: Liberals in a dozen states trying to push through a
Speaker 1: regional agreement called the Transportation and Climate Initiative. It's aimed
Speaker 1: at reducing vehicle pollution, and one of the components is
Speaker 1: a big carbon tax. It's basically the same kind of
Speaker 1: economic punishment that Obama wanted to inflict on Americans via
Speaker 1: the Paris Accords. Fuel companies would be forced to buy
Speaker 1: pollution allowances. States would supposedly invest that money in electric buses,
Speaker 1: car charging stations, and bike lanes, which would then supposedly
Speaker 1: reduce emissions by by the usual leftist clap trap. Now,
Speaker 1: you would expect this kind of environmentalist wacko isn't to
Speaker 1: be greeted with open arms in the liberal Northeast, But
Speaker 1: you would be wrong. Many Northeast governors are not buying in.
Speaker 1: They're worried that this plan would increase gasoline prices, hurting
Speaker 1: businesses and consumers. Hardest hit would be those at the
Speaker 1: lower end of the economic ladder who have long commutes,
Speaker 1: not to mention the millions of residents in Northeastern states
Speaker 1: who heat their homes with oil. With a big carbon tax,
Speaker 1: they'll get hammered with high energy bills in the winter,
Speaker 1: So apparently these governors are beginning to realize it's very
Speaker 1: easy for elitist, radical environmentalist wackos to come up with
Speaker 1: job killing, economy wrecking climate plans, but ultimately it won't
Speaker 1: be these elitist liberal wackos who will be paying the
Speaker 1: biggest price