Re:America's first big offshore wind farm sets record low price
by Dylan16807 on Thursday August 09, 2018 @11:38PM
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What do you mean "can't"? It's hard for me to picture the government being unable to tax a product. It seems like an irrelevant thought experiment.
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Re:America's first big offshore wind farm sets record low price
by vkou on Friday August 10, 2018 @03:48PM
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Politicians in the United States can't accurately tax coal's externalities in the same way that they can't embark on a campaign of land redistribution. In the current climate, it is political suicide.