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Originally Posted by Erik
I'm going to be unpopular for this opinion, but I'm going to say it anyway. I am not against the carbon tax if two conditions were present. 1) it was clear how it was spent and it was spent on infrastructure to combat the problem 2) it was applied to all trade - nothing like making us a feckless uncompetitive country by strangling everyone from individuals to business to government and everything in between
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There are several problems with the carbon tax, besides what you've mentioned:
Are Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere actually too high?
What are those levels supposed to be, and how will we know when we are there?
If we do ever reach that level, how do we contain our own atmosphere, and mitigate drift across Nations?
How will bankrupting our society to achieve the above, save our country?
Answers are all the same....No one knows.
Hence why it is nothing more than another tax.
The government is addicted to spending.
With this particular government, I wouldn't doubt that it's much more nefarious than that.