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Right now national politics is so broken and the Republicans are so against any kind of carbon tax it's impossible. Individual states could probably slip in an
by ogre_codes 7y ago
Right now national politics is so broken and the Republicans are so against any kind of carbon tax it's impossible. Individual states could probably slip in an increase in gas taxes while gas prices are low, but it's unlikely...
Who would want to be the governor seen as increasing taxes at the beginning of economic troubles? In general any kind of tax increase at the moment is going to fall flat.
- AnthonyMouse 7y agoOne of the best ways to do a carbon tax is to pay the revenues back as a dividend. States aren't allowed to print money, so you could reasonably have a bunch of blue states right now say that they're going to start paying dividends to people to help them out because they have to stay home, and hey let's fund it with a gas tax -- which people don't mind nearly as much right now because they're staying home anyway. And then if it happens to still exist two years from now, it's already the status quo.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoThe battery taxes won't be far off.