{"id":50903,"date":"2023-06-23T08:54:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T12:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=50903"},"modified":"2023-06-23T08:54:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T12:54:48","slug":"beware-of-carbon-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=50903","title":{"rendered":"Beware Of Carbon Taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/washington-gas-prices-now-highest-in-us-after-democrat-backed-carbon-tax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Post <span class=\"module__title__link\">Millennial<\/span><\/a> posted an article about the impact of a carbon tax the Washington State legislature passed.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Gas prices in <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/we-wont-be-coming-washington-state-police-reform-goes-into-effect-law-enforcement-warns-of-consequences\/\">Washington State<\/a> passed <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/california-to-become-sanctuary-state-for-child-gender-transitions-across-the-us-under-proposed-law\">California<\/a> as the most expensive in the country with many blaming a new <a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=5126&amp;Year=2021&amp;Initiative=false\">carbon tax<\/a> passed by local <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/wa-democrats-releasing-worst-of-the-worst-inmates-from-sex-offender-prison-island\">Democratic lawmakers<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>According to\u00a0data from <a href=\"http:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=WA\">AAA<\/a>, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded was at $4.89 on Monday in the Evergreen State, an increase from $4.81 the previous week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/washington\/article_f4be32fc-0edd-11ee-aacb-930a7602a166.html\"><strong>The Center Square<\/strong><\/a><strong> reported that the latest increase marks the 20th\u00a0consecutive week of rising fuel prices for Washingtonians since the new carbon tax was implemented earlier this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The most recent increase was in the opposite direction from the national average, which decreased from $3.59 to $3.57 per gallon during the same time period.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article concludes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Myers also noted that the Department of Ecology has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpolicy.org\/publications\/detail\/ecology-quietly-scrubs-the-gas-price-impacts-of-co2-tax-from-their-web-page\">scrubbed the agency\u2019s web page of claims that the fuel prices would not increase<\/a> and &#8220;&#8230;significantly increased the estimated impact of the tax on CO2 emissions on Washington\u2019s economy.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Despite warnings that the tax would increase gas prices, some in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krem.com\/article\/news\/verify\/washington-46-cent-tax-on-gas-2023-false\/293-aa0ee04b-c87c-4986-a459-11ac8f8579a7\">media<\/a> \u201cfact-checked\u201d those claims using information from the Washington Department of Ecology in an effort to debunk the theory that gas prices would increase.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So much for fact checkers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, The Post Millennial posted an article about the impact of a carbon tax the Washington State legislature passed. 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