US Deficit Could Be Cut By $1 Trillion Using Carbon Tax

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By Guest ContributorNov 17, 2013, 11:19 am605 ptsHotTop
Originally published on Think Progress. By Jeff Spross A carbon tax of $25 per ton of emissions would cut the deficit by $1 trillion over a decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The finding was part of a report CBO just put out detailing 103 different ways — in terms of both cutting…

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