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> If you tax gas, you effectively tax everything, and that's not okay for any economy. Why not, we already tax everything as it is right now? And lots of place
by GhostVII 9y ago
> If you tax gas, you effectively tax everything, and that's not okay for any economy.
Why not, we already tax everything as it is right now? And lots of places have carbon taxes, it works fine.
- thomastjeffery 9y agoBecause everyone would have to suddenly react. Businesses that rely on low wage workers suddenly have two major problems: 1. They have to find more profit to accommodate shipping expenses 2. They have to pay their workers more Both of those problems are incredibly difficult to some, and both of them together are deadly to business. A gas tax would significantly harm the livelihood of poor hard working people.