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Chris
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Chris asked in News & EventsCurrent Events · 1 decade ago

Carbon tax?

Economists say the most efficient way to reduce demand for any product is to make it more expensive. In short, a carbon tax. For gasoline, let's say an additional $1 or $2 a gallon.

Can we all say too much is too much? How do you feel? Would you vote out people that voted this in?

http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/10/news/economy/lower...

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Lets start with a fact.....you establish a tax, to gain a revenue. What does this carbon mess have to do with revenues? Are you putting the horse behind the wagon in this case?

    So once you collect all of these revenues....which you never needed in the first place...where do you intend to spend them. If you are a Kyoto dude...you want to give them to some third-world country, to allow them to buy lots of energy-wasting items....so they can produce carbon. Think I'm joking.....go down to Ecuador and wave $20 million in cash at them for carbon revenue....and watch the corrupt politicians and corrupt middlemen get involved.

    So go back to economics 101 and ask the right question....if taxes are intended to provide revenue.....what did you really intend to do with your carbon tax.....buy some Ecuadorian dude five new Chevy pick-ups?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    This is article called 'Six ways to lower gas price.' It's bunch of ideas by economists. Not by politicians. And nobody is stupid enough vote for that kind of tax hike on gas. 1~2$ tax on gas is just an idea. Nobody at DC will vote for this if they want to keep their job.

    Far as I'm concern they could have included 'find another planet we can live on.'

    People say we should use one square of toilet paper, they say we should stop building coal power plants, some say we should immediately halt burning of coal...etc

    These are all just ideas.

  • Mike
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    WE PAY TOO MUCH TAX AS IT IS!

    68% of every dollar is TAX as it is.

    Adding an additional $1-$2 per gallon would destroy our country. Poor people would starve to death, because food would be so expensive.The middle class would be destroyed.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes I would vote them out.

    To many taxes now

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  • 1 decade ago

    Gee, let me think, give the government more of our hard earned money. UUUUUMMMMMMMMMMM, NO!

    Vote them out?, you bet!!!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    scam, rip off.

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