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Looking at (https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/2207/economics/carbon-tax-pros-and-cons/ https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/2207/economics/carbon-tax...) the pri
by belorn 7y ago
Looking at (https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/2207/economics/carbon-tax-pros-and-cons/ https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/2207/economics/carbon-tax...) the primary argument against Carbon tax is that companies will somehow tax evade even more than in the past, and companies will move to more tax friendly companies than they already do.
Is there an argument against carbon tax that can't be said by any other tax?
- DennisP 7y agoThe easy way to implement a carbon tax is to tax at major sources, like coal mines and oil wells, and let the producers pass on the cost to everyone else. It's not terribly difficult to assess the amount of coal produced by a mine. It's also fairly difficult to move a coal mine to another country. Of course, people could import their carbon-intensive goods, but most proposals include tariffs on countries without comparable carbon fees. Tariffs like these are explicitly allowed by trade agreements.
- chewz 7y agoThe objective of carbon tax is to give incentives to market participants and let the market to the job. In my opinion it will result in creating huge wealth transfers with much real benefit to the climate. I would rather side with Naomi Klein that capitalism proved ineffective in solving problems of this scale.
- anonuser123456 7y agoSo decide by fiat it doesn't work rather than run the experiment?