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WSJ Cherry-Picks Data to Label Cap-and-Trade Scheme ‘Regressive’

By | 03.09.09 | 5:07 pm

An editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal attacks President Obama’s cap-and-trade plan to curb carbon emissions as a “regressive” policy:

Hit hardest would be the “95% of working families” Mr. Obama keeps mentioning, usually omitting that his no-new-taxes pledge comes with the caveat “unless you use energy.” Putting a

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