A Pollution Tax ... Al Gore, September 2006

Al Gore is clearly not running for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 2008! He proposed a new "pollution tax" to replace payroll taxes at a high-level discussion relating to climate change and international development. He went further to make sure there was no misunderstanding or equivocation. He specifically proposed "a tax on pollution, including carbon dioxide to replace al payroll taxes, including social security and unemployment benefit taxes."

Many have thought that Al Gore would be the natural candidate in 2008; however, his seemingly "nutty idea" is one that he himself is taking very seriously as he repeats it over and over again in New York and will be stating it again during five scheduled congressional hearings during the Clinton Global Initiative ... over the next few weeks.

For Mr. Gore, the issue isn't Iraq; it's the planet, stupid!