• Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      Have you met a rich person who can’t avoid taxes? No but seriously even if every steak cost them $1000 it would not deter them because of the current wealth concentration.

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      1 year ago

      If it covered methane emissions on the basis of CO2e, it could.

      A carbon tax has been politically really tough to pass in the US though.

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        yeah, would never pass federally. there’s got to be a state where this type of thing could get a foothold.

        if it were me, if start in a place with a high gasoline tax, eliminate it, and replace it with a carbon tax that costs less.

        now there is precedence. a foot in the door

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          1 year ago

          The highest gas tax in the US is California, at $0.51/gallon. That’s not high at all.