> Legislatures have a much better chance of voting for a carbon tax than the people, and they should prioritize this over other green initiatives. Without publ

> Legislatures have a much better chance of voting for a carbon tax than the people, and they should prioritize this over other green initiatives. Without public support I just have trouble seeing that happen. I don't think we disagree that much though. > It's disrespectful to suggest that this isn't a problem because we can just retrain them to build windmills. I certainly would agree that the people who lose jobs would mostly not be the same people who would be trained to take the new jobs that would be created. I remember reading Janesville and being pretty clearly convinced that skills training programs to people who lose their jobs are often counter-productive. That said, I do still think overall for the economy it'd be a positive.