I should also add that if we don't solve this, we basically destroy the planet for all future generations. "Marginal increase in regressive taxation load in th

I should also add that if we don't solve this, we basically destroy the planet for all future generations. "Marginal increase in regressive taxation load in the present" doesn't seem that bad, in that view. Though I do agree it affects the politics of it. Of course, there's also the non-neglible social benefits of lower income taxes.