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Many have criticized a federal carbon tax, saying that it would increase energy costs. Some continue to oppose it even when that revenue would be used to reduce other taxes in what's known as a tax swap.

For the U.S., I think we should have a carbon tax, for environmental reasons.

If you had a carbon tax, you'd have less cars and more bicycles, more people getting around on foot and by public transport.

Scratch the surface at conservative think tanks and universities that house free-market economists, and it's not hard to find proponents of a carbon tax.

I'm a conservative and I believe if you tax something more you get less of it.

I'm a fiscal hawk. I vote against all taxes, but I do believe the environment, and climate change, is a bigger issue than fiscal deficits are as a risk to the nation.

Putting a tax on carbon could be an effective approach for curbing global warming pollution.

I am for lowering taxes.

While the deficit and debt are serious problems, I oppose solving these problems by raising taxes.