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Re:The world’s climate goals are not sufficient. They are al... by DuskStar on Thursday November 21, 2019 @12:57PM (#21597135)
> They'll have a completely new set of disingenuous talking points (unsubsidized fuel would hit the poorest hardest!) ready to confuse people and to stall that action as well.

Wasn't that literally the left's argument against carbon taxes on Oregon?

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Re:The world’s climate goals are not sufficient. They are al... by ZeroGravitas on Friday November 22, 2019 @07:06AM (#21604828)
If they argued for some counterbalancing arrangement with the money raised they were probably on the left if they just said "well, I guess we just have to stick with what we currently do, it's not like government intervention would be desirable here" then they were probably not actually on the left.
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Re:The world’s climate goals are not sufficient. They are al... by DuskStar on Friday November 22, 2019 @11:59AM (#21607427)
The initial proposal was for the carbon tax to be revenue-neutral and (IIRC) returned as a per-capita rebate. That didn't pass, so the followup used the revenue for social programs as an attempt at bipartisanship. The followup also failed to pass, though.
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Re:The world’s climate goals are not sufficient. They are al... by Gibbon1 on Friday November 22, 2019 @03:24AM (#21603833)
Imposing taxes on poor people who have little agency/power seems kind of pointless.
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