File this in your "non sequitur" file. Climate change activists want to save the planet by cutting the birthrate.  According to their logic, more people are bad because it means more CO2 emissions.  The way to achieve this goal is by changing the tax code – a "carbon tax on kids."  Washington Times: Travis Rieder, assistant director of the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University, told NPR that bringing down global fertility by half a child per woman “could be the thing that saves us.” “Here’s a provocative thought: Maybe we should protect our kids by not having them,” said Mr. Rieder, who has one child. He proposed procreation disincentives such as government tax breaks for poor people and tax penalties for rich people, a kind of “carbon tax on kids.” Poor nations would be cut slack “because they’re still developing, and because...(Read Full Post)