On 20-Dec-11, at 7:42 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Dec 20, 2011, at 8:11 AM, nathan tankus wrote:
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>> Forgive me for missing the memo but what exactly is the problem
>> with a
>> carbon tax (or at least why would it be a complete failure not worth
>> doing)?
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> I'm fine with it. The righteous think it's neoliberal or something.
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> Doug
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Here in British Columbia we have a carbon tax. It is a surtax on fossil fuels, most notably a 5.56 cents/ltr on gasoline, 6.39 cents/ ltr on diesel fuel and $51.93/tonne on high heat value coal. It is designed to be revenue neutral and the offsetting tax cuts are primarily to corporations and "small" business.
I would argue that this is an exercise in greenwashing a tax shift since a true carbon tax would need to be sufficient enough to actually alter consumption, which this clearly isn't. Doesn't this at least align with neoliberal policy?