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> Taxing climate impacting practices doesn't need to have an overall negative impact on the economy of the average voter! This needs to be made super clear. Ev
by MiroF 7y ago
> Taxing climate impacting practices doesn't need to have an overall negative impact on the economy of the average voter! This needs to be made super clear.
Everything I've seen about the magnitude of change needed suggests this isn't true. And if we keep telling this story of "green growth", "only big corporations will have to sacrifice", you're going to get a ton of backlash once it becomes clear that is very much not the case.
- ericd 7y agoAnd if the carbon taxes or whatever else are revenue-neutral? Some things (eg flights) would get much more expensive, whereas more efficient modes of transit (trains) would get relatively cheaper, and also be subsidized by the fliers.
- isoskeles 7y agoIt’s not like we run a balanced budget. I hate that we do this, but we can always add to the debt and expect future generations to pay it off.
- worldsayshi 7y agoAnd while we endlessly debate whether we should slam the brakes or take control of the wheel we are ruled by people that are hell bent on taking away the wheel and the brakes all together...