[lbo-talk] [DEBATE] : (Fwd) Doug Henwood on eliteclimate change strategy

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Mon Apr 23 13:08:03 PDT 2007


Doug writes:


> I'd love a progressive carbon tax in principle, though, aside from
> something like a residential electricity bill, I can't think of how
> to structure it.

How about if we stop trying to design individual progressive taxes (which we seem unable to do anyway)?

We've got a nice big fat juicy one in the US: income taxes. Can it be more progressive? Sure. But it's not bad today. And it's something to work for. So: just put the US carbon footprint on budget and divvy it up. End of puzzle.

/jordan



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