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How much to each citizen? (1) According to income or need? Then it's just wealth redistribution. (2) Exactly the same amount for each citizen? The farmer who
by computator 11y ago
How much to each citizen?
(1) According to income or need? Then it's just wealth redistribution.
(2) Exactly the same amount for each citizen? The farmer who needs his truck pays a lot, and gets back $x. Stock broker who lives and works in Manhattan and doesn't own a car pays little, but also gets back $x.
(3) Exactly in proportion to how much carbon each person used? This accomplishes nothing except adding a layer of bureaucracy (you pay $n in carbon tax and get back $n-20% after government processing).
- nostromo 11y ago1) Same amount to each citizen. 2) The farmer would either pass the cost along to the customer, including the stock broker, or would ideally switch to low carbon alternatives. Over time, lower carbon emitting farmers would be more cost efficient and would gain marketshare. 3) A carbon tax would be largely invisible to most people. It would be collected from oil refineries and power plants, primarily.