Today, a large coalition of conservative and free-market organizations led by Americans for Tax Reform released a letter to Congress stating their unified opposition to any form of a carbon tax:
Dear Members of Congress,
We oppose any carbon tax. A carbon tax raises the cost of heating your home in the winter and cooling your home in the summer. It raises the cost of filling your car. A carbon tax increases the cost of everything Americans buy and lowers Americans’ effective take home pay. A carbon tax increases the power, cost and intrusiveness of the government in our lives.
Sincerely,
Grover Norquist
President, Americans for Tax Reform
James L. Martin, Founder/Chairman Saulius “Saul” Anuzis, President
60 Plus Association
Marty Connors
Chair, Alabama Center Right Coalition
Mead Treadwell
Former Lt. Governor, State of Alaska & Chair, Alaska Center-Right Meeting
John Droz, Jr.
Founder, Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED)
Dick Patten
President, American Business Defense Council
Phil Kerpen
President, American Commitment
Matt Schlapp
Chairman, American Conservative Union
Tom Pyle
President, American Energy Alliance
Brent Wm. Gardner
Chief Government Affairs Officer, Americans for Prosperity
Lisa B. Nelson
CEO, ALEC
Scot Mussi
President, Arizona Free Enterprise Club
Cindy Johansen
Chair, Aroostook County Republicans
Garrett Ballengee
Executive Director, Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy
David T. Stevenson
Policy Director, Caesar Rodney Institute
Ralph Benko
Chairman, The Capitalist League
Andrew F. Quinlan
President, Center for Freedom & Prosperity
Isaac Orr
Policy Fellow, Center of the American Experiment
Marlo Lewis
Senior Fellow, Energy and Environmental Policy, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Chuck Muth
President, Citizen Outreach Foundation
Rod Richardson
Co-Founder & Co-Chair, Clean Capitalist Leadership Council
David McIntosh
President, Club for Growth
Drew Bond & John Hart
Founders, Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions (C3 Solutions)
Matthew Kandrach
President, Consumer Action for a Strong Economy (CASE)
Thomas A. Schatz
President, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste
Robert Roper
President, Ethan Allen Institute
Annette Meeks
CEO, Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
Adam Brandon
President, FreedomWorks
Victor Riches
President & CEO, Goldwater Institute
Aaron Stover
Director of Federal Government/Corporate Relations, The Heartland Institute
Jessica Anderson
Executive Director, Heritage Action for America
Mario H. Lopez
President, Hispanic Leadership Fund
Daniel Erspamer
President, Pelican Institute for Public Policy
Shayne Madsen
Director, Political Law Center, Independence Institute
Daniel C. Turner
Executive Director, Power the Future
Carrie Lukas
President, Independent Women’s Forum
Heather R. Higgins
CEO, Independent Women’s Voice
Chris Ingstad
President, Iowans for Tax Relief
Dr. J. Robert McClure
President & CEO, The James Madison Institute
Seton Motley
President, Less Government
David Guenthner
Senior Strategist for State Affairs, Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Laurie Belsito
Legislative Director, Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance
Representative Beth A. O’Connor Maine State Representative
Rodolfo E. Milani
Founder, Miami Freedom Forum
Dr. Jameson Taylor
Mississippi Center for Public Policy
Tim Jones
Chair, Missouri Center-Right Coalition
Former Speaker, Missouri House of Representatives
Keith Erf
State Representative District 2, Hillsborough, NH House of Representatives
William O’Brien
Former Speaker, New Hampshire House of Representatives Co-Chair, New Hampshire Center-Right Meeting
David Miller
Southwest Ohio Center Right
Brandon Dutcher
Senior Vice President, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Douglas Kellogg
Executive Director, Ohioans for Tax Reform
Tom Hebert
Executive Director, Open Competition Center
Lorenzo Montanari
Executive Director, Property Rights Alliance
Paul J. Gessing
President, Rio Grande Foundation
Mike Stenhouse
CEO, Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
Bette Grande
CEO, Roughrider Policy Center
Maureen Blum
President, Strategic Coalitions & Initiatives, LLC and Executive Director, USA Workforce Coalition
Patrick Hedger
Vice President of Policy, Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Hon. Jason Isaac
Director, Life: Powered, Texas Public Policy Foundation
Christian N. Braunlich
President, Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy
Rusty Cannon
Vice President, Utah Taxpayers Association
Darrell Henry
Executive Director, Western Caucus Foundation
Morton Blackwell
Chairman, The Weyrich Lunch