Trump has dumped family farmers.

That's right, President Trump, who once claimed he's "fighting for our farmers," is passing policies that mostly benefit the big agribusiness corporations—not small farmers, and certainly not rural communities.

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A group of former Republican officials (including James A. Baker, Henry Paulson, George P. Shultz, Marty Feldstein and Greg Mankiw) are proposing a carbon tax starting the tax at $40 per ton, that would gradually increase.

The proceeds of the tax would be distributed to every American.


It's a win-win: Less carbon in the atmosphere and more equal distribution of income.

That it's being proposed by Republicans doesn't make the idea any less worthy.


The idea is getting a hearing in the White House. And in these dreadful times, that's good news indeed.

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