Art Laffer and Bob Inglis (R, South Carolina) second Charles Krauthammer. Is this a bona fide conservative plan now that the arch-supply sider Laffer has endorsed it?
Although Jim’s points regarding energy independence and Social Security are valid concerns, I think it’s at the very least a strategically sound plan for conservatives merely because it forestalls any crippling emissions policy that would otherwise be in the pipeline and that definitely wouldn’t be “net zero.” Also, it cuts taxes in the places that count and would stimulate the economy without increasing the deficit, which is more than can be said for many other conservative tax proposals.
