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>then the worse that will happen But that's not the "worse that will happen". Go tell a starving 3rd world family that their $300 per month salary will now onl
by _red 7y ago
>then the worse that will happen
But that's not the "worse that will happen". Go tell a starving 3rd world family that their $300 per month salary will now only buy $200 because you decided its a "risk worth taking".
- Gibbon1 7y agoYour of course proposing the orthodox neo-liberal do nothing solution. The worst that will happen in that case is your 3rd world family starves to death.
- throw0101a 7y agoThe carbon use of a family making $300/month is minimal and I would hazard to guess any carbon pricing/capping scheme would effect them minimally. * https://www.mcc-berlin.net/en/news/information/information-detail/article/climate-policy-reduces-inequality-in-lower-income-countries.html https://www.mcc-berlin.net/en/news/information/information-d... * http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2018/07/how-a-carbon-tax-could-fight-poverty-and-climate-change-at-the-same-time/ http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2018/07/how-a-carbon-tax...
- mempko 7y agoCanada just passed a carbon tax where they take the proceeds and then distribute them to everyone. The lowest income earners are actually getting MORE back from the rebates than what they spend on the tax. So yes, it's possible to not only tax carbon, but do it in such a way that it will help lower-income people.