Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Quote of the Day: David Frum on How To Get Off Oil : TreeHugger

Quote of the Day: David Frum on How To Get Off Oil : TreeHugger: "We want to get the country off oil? Tax it. (Politicians may not wish to say it, but their advisers can at least think it.) Then liberate people to find their own best alternative -- and incentivize industry to develop alternatives that make sense at the new higher price. And be prepared to argue candidly and straightforwardly in the marketplace of ideas why this new tax is right and justified.
If not, then kindly please spare us the grand speeches about how the status quo is the thing you will not accept. It is precisely the thing you are accepting."

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