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Did BC implement it in a revenue neutral way (eg carbon dividend, or by cutting other taxes to match), or was it a net tax increase? Because it sounds like you
by schiffern 9y ago
Did BC implement it in a revenue neutral way (eg carbon dividend, or by cutting other taxes to match), or was it a net tax increase?
Because it sounds like you actually object to tax hikes in general, not to a specific policy of what actions should be taxed.
- Godel_unicode 9y agoGp appears to dislike policy-driven tax hikes which are ineffective at achieving the goal of the policy. See the difference?
- schiffern 9y agoMea culpa. My brain skipped right over the vague anecdote intended to show that it's ineffective. Obviously actual data are needed. >The 12.9% decrease in British Columbia’s per capita emissions in 2008-2013 compared to 2000-2007 was three-and-a-half times as pronounced as the 3.7% per capita decline for the rest of Canada. https://www.carbontax.org/blog/2015/12/17/british-columbias-carbon-tax-by-the-numbers/ https://www.carbontax.org/blog/2015/12/17/british-columbias-...