alt Hacker NewsPigovian taxes WORK, and are in many cases desirable, something lolberts just seem unable to get their heads around.
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nalnq • 12/10/2025
Of course they work. If the government manipulates the equation to make something unaffordable, the poor can no longer afford it. That’s not the point.
Pigouvian*, this is a regressive tax though that is probably unnecessary as the other studies referenced or linked in this thread show.