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SageBrush said:That must be why Trumpers favor a carbon tax.Lothsahn said:The interesting part is most Americans do, as long as everyone else has to as well.
Oh wait .. never mind.
The need to inject the word Trump into every single discussion is tiresome. Take a break from Colbert and Maddow for a couple days, it'll do wonders for your mental health.
Lothsahn is right in so far as polling (for what it's worth) confirms broad support a "revenue neutral" carbon tax ... but things have a way of getting testy when it comes time to split up the pot of money generated. That is one of the main roadblocks to new taxes in general, taxpayers often feel like the taxes never end up getting used to directly address the problems that justify the tax in the first place. We've seen the bait and switch used too many times.
IIRC it was the various "Justice" groups that refused to get behind the carbon tax in Washington State a few years back because it was revenue neutral, "business friendly", and didn't "redistribute" the money where they thought it should.
I'd gladly support a carbon tax that used the revenue to directly fund carbon reducing practices and technology but I've yet to see any such proposal gain traction. My choices right now seem to be using the revenue for "social justice" (whatever that is specifically I haven't been able to determine) or denial of the problem completely...