On Apr 23, 2007, at 5:06 PM, Gar Lipow wrote:
> There is a very simple way to make a carbon tax progressive - in
> effect that is.
I lifted Charlie Komanoff's idea of rebating part of the tax to poorer households through the income tax system. But I don't have a good idea of how to translate Patrick's "decommodifying" strategy - punitive tax for heavy users to fund lifeline services for poor - into something real.
Doug