I'm in favor of this idea though the tricky part is how you figure out which taxes to lower to make it revenue neutral. I tend to think of politics as "Help my

I'm in favor of this idea though the tricky part is how you figure out which taxes to lower to make it revenue neutral. I tend to think of politics as "Help my friends/Hurt my enemies" and the important thing to realize is that no one really thinks that a carbon tax helps them. Not even the lefty leftiest greenies believe that. They think a carbon tax might hurt their enemies so they're accepting of it to some limited degree but they don't really believe it will help them. If they did they wouldn't care what taxes would get cut or how the revenue would be spent. Instead they're super interested in how the money would be spent or who's taxes would be cut. They're also interested in the least broad version of carbon tax for the same reasons. I think theirs a political agenda on the Left and they view climate change as magic that will let them have their way. The same way the Right sees religious imperatives. Or national defense. It's a view that assumes the other side are all idiots. It won't work.