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Right wing nut jobs are the most strongly opposed people to a carbon tax that I've ever met. At least in the US you're much more likely to be called a socialist
by wlesieutre 4y ago
Right wing nut jobs are the most strongly opposed people to a carbon tax that I've ever met. At least in the US you're much more likely to be called a socialist.
You'd think the political right would be for a market solution to global warming, but first they would have to concede that global warming exists, so they won't.
- gs17 4y ago> You'd think the political right would be for a market solution to global warming My experience is that they take "carbon tax" as only the literal interpretation and opposition to taxes and bureaucracy outweigh everything else, there's hardly a "market solution" in it. Fee and dividend should be more popular, but it gets ignored and eventually won't be enough.
- fknorangesite 4y ago> My experience is that they take "carbon tax" as only the literal interpretation and opposition to taxes and bureaucracy outweigh everything else, Yeah, and in Canada it's extra frustrating since it is a fee-and-dividend system, not a tax - but the Conservatives love to call it "carbon tax" in order to score easier political points. But like GP said: > first they would have to concede that global warming exists, so they won't.
- wlesieutre 4y agoAh you're right, I was thinking of cap and trade as the market solution, but they won't do that either for the same climate change denial reasons.