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What to Know: Many in France are rioting against carbon taxes, and some politicians in the U.S. are starting to get the message.

“This month’s fuel-tax riots in Paris and the defeat of a carbon-fee ballot measure in Washington state show the difficulty of getting people to support a levy on the energy sources that heat their homes and power their cars,” Politico reports. “Meanwhile, even the most liberal Democratic candidates this year gave carbon taxes scant if any mention in their climate platforms, focusing instead on proposals like a phase-out of fossil fuels and massive investments in wind and solar power.”

The TPPF Take: Even if a direct carbon tax is abandoned, we can expect its supporters – particularly those backing a “Green New Deal” – to advance their similar agenda through other means.

“I think in America, with this Green New Deal, you’ll see more indirect taxation,” said TPPF’s Chuck DeVore on Fox & Friends on Monday. “You’ll see more subsidies, more taxes, more mandates and regulations. But the effect will be the same. It will mean more cost for fuel, and that will really hit the working poor and the middle class the most.”

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