Notwithstanding the arguments against a Carbon Tax and the economic logic that implementing such a tax makes. Notwithstanding the fact that this idea is bipartisan…at least prior to the past several years when the entire goal of the party that controls both houses of Congress is to stop this President from doing anything. There seems […]
When I speak with some about climate change and refer to carbon taxes as a good idea, I am amazed at the vitriolic responses. The amazing thing is the presumption that taxes are all bad…but that is a discussion for another time. Talking about taxes in the abstract is one thing. Seeing the real effect […]
On July 5, the New York Times Op Ed Page had a very well written piece by Yoram Bauman and Shi-Ling Hsu in which they outlined the benefits of the new British Columbia Carbon Tax (BCCT). A carbon tax is just that. A tax on the carbon contained in fossil fuels. As they noted, the […]