Imagine being a politician and proposing taxes on energy and fuels which will directly and indirectly increase the price of literally everything. Imagine all the hate currently being directed at Russia being redirected towards you personally.
You can just make the tax revenue neutral, and give each person an equal dividend. That way the average person would actually get money back from this tax scheme. It’s what Canada does. The goal isn’t to raise money, it’s to incentivize consuming lower carbon goods.
That is why the tax revenue should be redistributed per head and why we need a carbon dividend.
That hasn't been a blocker in the past (see: all the other taxes that exist), why would it need to be going forward.
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