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carbon tax shifting
GreyFlcn:
There is in fact a way to do this. Simply give every taxpayer a flat rebate. This makes the carbon tax revenue neutral, maintaining the same overall tax burden as before the tax. Furthermore, for those who use less energy than the average taxpayer, the rebate would be a little more than they paid through products and services throughout the year and those who use more carbon-intensive products and services would receive the same rebate but it would not fully pay them back for their energy use. When you consider that low-income groups generally have fewer and smaller vehicles and houses than those of higher-income groups, the carbon tax would in fact be a progressive tax.
On A rejoinder to Environmental Defense posted 2 years, 6 months ago 3 Responses