«I don't particularly buy the slippery
slope argument because I think this is a dialogue that always will happen as to determining if this is something in the public interest,» Legislator Wolfe said.
Arguments that unilateral action by the United States produces little climate benefit, that a carbon tax will expand the size of government, that a carbon tax is a regressive, that adaptation and geo - engineering is preferable to emissions constraint, that economists can not confidently design a carbon tax that
does more good than harm, that the legislative process can not deliver a carbon tax worth embracing, and that promoting a carbon tax puts conservatives on a slippery political
slope are explored and found wanting.