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A large majority of Americans support adding a revenue-neutral carbon tax, which demonstrates a willingness to reduce consumption as long as it is part of a con
by TheCoelacanth 8y ago
A large majority of Americans support adding a revenue-neutral carbon tax, which demonstrates a willingness to reduce consumption as long as it is part of a concerted action and not just an insignificant choice by a single person that will make no noticeable difference to climate change. We need "leaders" to catch up with the general public's views on this matter, not the other way around.
- leereeves 8y agoOr a large number of Americans think they personally could afford to pay a carbon tax and are happy to place the burden on poor people who cannot.
- TheCoelacanth 8y agoThe money has to come from somewhere. If I have to pay a tax on carbon, I have to spend less money on something else. Regardless of whether or not I can afford a carbon tax, it still has to result in lower consumption.
- leereeves 8y agoThat's only true if you live hand-to-mouth and spend every penny on consumption. The poor would be forced to reduce consumption; the wealthy already have more money than they can spend.
- RestlessMind 8y ago> A large majority of Americans support adding a revenue-neutral carbon tax Citation please? And how much of that is "stated preference" vs "revealed preference"? I might say a lot of idealistic things if those are never going to pan out. Luckily, USA allows this type of experimentation by allowing carbon tax to be introduced at state-level. So if a state (eg. New York or California) can demonstrate that revenue neutral carbon tax is palatable to the populace while reducing carbon emissions, that would be a realistic political path to introduce it to wider population.