Not nessicarily. If the amounts turn out to be so large as to possibly increase consumption even more, well then some percentage of people might just reduce the

Not nessicarily. If the amounts turn out to be so large as to possibly increase consumption even more, well then some percentage of people might just reduce their work by a bit and spend more time with their family or do self-sustaining things. But a large part of why everyone should be demanding a revenue neutral carbon tax is because it neutralizes any objection that is justified by any version of a small-government theory.