Conservatives have long known that one of the major reasons behind a carbon tax was social engineering, as much as the statists tried to deny it.  And so it is satisfying to see some of the carbon tax proponents admitting that -- in reality -- their taxation schemes would be used in large part for wealth redistribution and other social activities well outside the scope of simply reducing greenhouse gas emissions and shifting energy use to non-carbon based sources. Sustainable Prosperity -- a government-supported "national green economy think tank/do tank" based at the University of Ottawa -- has long advocated for carbon pricing.  Far from just having its policy proposals limited to Canada, the group often sees favorable reporting in the international media, such as The Economist and the Washington Post -- thereby infecting a fairly broad audience (although I've debunked some of their claims previously in American Thinker).  Some purported conservatives -- such as...(Read Full Post)