WEBVTT - Rush Limbaugh May 20, 2020

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<v Speaker 1>Liberals in a dozen states trying to push through a

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<v Speaker 1>regional agreement called the Transportation and Climate Initiative. It's aimed

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<v Speaker 1>at reducing vehicle pollution, and one of the components is

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<v Speaker 1>a big carbon tax. It's basically the same kind of

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<v Speaker 1>economic punishment that Obama wanted to inflict on Americans via

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<v Speaker 1>the Paris Accords. Fuel companies would be forced to buy

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<v Speaker 1>pollution allowances. States would supposedly invest that money in electric buses,

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<v Speaker 1>car charging stations, and bike lanes, which would then supposedly

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<v Speaker 1>reduce emissions by by the usual leftist clap trap. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>you would expect this kind of environmentalist wacko isn't to

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<v Speaker 1>be greeted with open arms in the liberal Northeast, But

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<v Speaker 1>you would be wrong. Many Northeast governors are not buying in.

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<v Speaker 1>They're worried that this plan would increase gasoline prices, hurting

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<v Speaker 1>businesses and consumers. Hardest hit would be those at the

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<v Speaker 1>lower end of the economic ladder who have long commutes,

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<v Speaker 1>not to mention the millions of residents in Northeastern states

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<v Speaker 1>who heat their homes with oil. With a big carbon tax,

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<v Speaker 1>they'll get hammered with high energy bills in the winter,

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<v Speaker 1>So apparently these governors are beginning to realize it's very

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<v Speaker 1>easy for elitist, radical environmentalist wackos to come up with

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<v Speaker 1>job killing, economy wrecking climate plans, but ultimately it won't

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<v Speaker 1>be these elitist liberal wackos who will be paying the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest price