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drc500freetoday at 4:52 PM2 repliesview on HN

Carbon taxes are massively regressive. There is no political coalition that simultaneously wants to act against climate change and doesn’t mind driving further income inequality.


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amanaplanacanaltoday at 5:44 PM

So you balance it with tax credits or handouts to the poor. This isn't an insoluble problem.

intendedtoday at 8:06 PM

You can’t have it both ways. You can’t have one comment talk about consumption being the root of all ill, then another comment stating that reducing consumption is regressive.