Re:Indonesia reports reduced deforestation, triggering carbo...
by gowld on Thursday February 21, 2019 @02:46PM
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Not so hard. It's fine if any individual tax is regressive, as long is counterbalanced by UBI or other forms of per-capita welfare support. You don't need to measure precisely, as long as you get rough estimates that people pay $Y in various sin-taxes but get $X>$Y in general welfare benefits.
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Re:Indonesia reports reduced deforestation, triggering carbo...
by sorryforthethro on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @10:01PM
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I absolutely disagree. Inserting the government into the average citizen's balance sheet can and will be corrupted.