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Because you are acting like this would punish the company. It might to an extent but in reality consumers would hurt the most. That in my opinion is why it does
by nightski 7y ago
Because you are acting like this would punish the company. It might to an extent but in reality consumers would hurt the most. That in my opinion is why it doesn't happen.
- omosubi 7y agoThe tyranny of the majority :/
- jeromegv 7y agoNot as much when the carbon tax is tax-neutral. In Canada we started getting back a carbon tax credit. Consumer impact is still there but a lot more mitigated.
- ako 7y agoIt’s meant to ‘punish’ consumers: it needs to be painful enough that consumers reduce their consumption, otherwise pollution will not be reduced.
- nightski 7y agoRight but it's not going to punish consumers equally. It will hurt the poor a lot more than the rich imho. Essentially a regressive tax moving the burden for the climate change problem to the poor.