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Not just simple fraud, but a major hurdle is how to regulate CO2 necessary for producing consumer energy without creating a regressive tax structure. Once CO2 i
by sorryforthethro 8y ago
Not just simple fraud, but a major hurdle is how to regulate CO2 necessary for producing consumer energy without creating a regressive tax structure. Once CO2 is converted to electricity on the grid, it's fungible and impossible to sort out luxury vs necessity.
Imho, government trying to sin-tax away CO2 is result of our failure to invest in technology solutions.
- gowld 8y agoNot so hard. It's fine if any individual tax is regressive, as long is counterbalanced by UBI or other forms of per-capita welfare support. You don't need to measure precisely, as long as you get rough estimates that people pay $Y in various sin-taxes but get $X>$Y in general welfare benefits.
- sorryforthethro 8y agoI absolutely disagree. Inserting the government into the average citizen's balance sheet can and will be corrupted.