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Great point. This would be great for a net importer country like the US. Germany (net exporter) wants their goods competitive abroad. On the other hand, if the
by liamconnell 4y ago
Great point. This would be great for a net importer country like the US. Germany (net exporter) wants their goods competitive abroad.
On the other hand, if the US and other high-consumption countries collaborated on this it would probably be effective.
Like I said, I go back and forth on it. Or better put, I think both approaches are valid albeit with big implementation challenges.
- yorwba 4y ago> This would be great for a net importer country like the US. Germany (net exporter) wants their goods competitive abroad. Ironically, Germany has a fuel tax https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/energiestg/__2.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/energiestg/__2.html that is 4 times as high as that of California https://www.foxla.com/news/californias-gas-tax-goes-up-july-1 https://www.foxla.com/news/californias-gas-tax-goes-up-july-... , which apparently has the highest fuel tax in the US.