Energy Tax May Not Be A Good Thing
Energy Tax May Not be A Good Thing. I’m Greg Martin with today’s Line On Agriculture.
The Rural America Solutions Group held a press conference on Capitol Hill to highlight the negative impacts of the Democrats’ national energy tax legislation on rural
LUCAS: Approximately a quarter of the American public really has a clue what Cap & Trade is, it might more accurately be described as cap & tax or an energy tax or a carbon tax or for some of you who remember the 1990’s a BTU tax part 2.
Lucas reminded everyone that rural
LUCAS: That’s why this 1000 page bill that literally mentions agriculture 6 times, half of that in reference to an EPA study 4-years ago, the other half to a land buying program is so important. We are at the center of the consumption of energy, the production of energy as we meet the food and fiber needs of this great nation. And we want to make sure in this rural group that those needs are met in rural
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That’s today’s Line On Agriculture. I’m Greg Martin on the Northwest Ag Information Network.