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Uhhhh, no. What about electricity that goes into mining and manufacturing? If you raise the price of that, all goods become more expensive, from the simple Mars
by FredPret 5y ago
Uhhhh, no. What about electricity that goes into mining and manufacturing? If you raise the price of that, all goods become more expensive, from the simple Mars bar up to construction. The poor will be decimated.
- mavhc 5y agoCompanies will compete to find ways to produce things with less pollution if they can't cheat and pollute without paying. And other companies will compete to find cheaper ways to remove pollution, lowering costs for those who pollute.
- pessimizer 5y agoThe poor are decimated when we allow them to be, not when prices rise by 50%.
- FredPret 5y agoOK, let’s jack up prices for everything from food to infrastructure but in a magical way that doesn’t harm low-income people. Great plan bro
- asd4232 5y agoBruh here in Europe there's a thing called welfare state. The gov can pay poor people to compensate.
- FredPret 5y agoAnother fantastic idea. Get free money from somewhere and simply give it to poor people, so they can stop being poor. That way we can tax the crap out of all those productive people people and companies over there without worrying about any economic consequences.
- myrmidon 5y ago> If you raise the price of that, all goods become more expensive, from the simple Mars bar up to construction. You can just change e.g. income tax accordingly so expected tax load stays the same-- only now your citizens are financially incentivized to save electricity... Also you have a convenient excuse (as nation state) for protectionist import tariffs hitting all countries that don't practise Co2 taxation themselves (which might be nice for local economy)