http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/08/a-convenient-tax-%e2%80%94-issue-3/ Pricing carbon efficiently and equitably Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:33:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/08/a-convenient-tax-%e2%80%94-issue-3/#comment-17986 Milton Takei Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:46:27 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2007/11/08/a-convenient-tax-%e2%80%94-issue-3/#comment-17986 If the price of gasoline got so high that a significant number of people in the United States stopped driving to work, the buses would fill up fast.  We would then need more buses, and the money for the buses would need to come from somewhere.  Hence, people would need to transfer more money to governments, whether or not you call it a "tax."  Part of a carbon tax needs to go to mass transit. If the price of gasoline got so high that a significant number of people in the United States stopped driving to work, the buses would fill up fast.  We would then need more buses, and the money for the buses would need to come from somewhere.  Hence, people would need to transfer more money to governments, whether or not you call it a "tax."  Part of a carbon tax needs to go to mass transit.

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