Comments on: Carbon Tax Bill in the Mail http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2008/01/24/carbon-tax-bill-in-the-mail/ Pricing carbon efficiently and equitably Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:48:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Yak http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2008/01/24/carbon-tax-bill-in-the-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-15652 Yak Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:30:25 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2008/01/24/carbon-tax-bill-in-the-mail/#comment-15652 Uh, duh... "the polluter pays". Who's the polluter here: the company that provides the gas, or the consumer that actually uses it? Of course, the consumer. If gas prices didn't go up, people would have no incentive to use less. Is the gas company supposed to subsidize people's gas usage? Stupid article, stupid people! Uh, duh… "the polluter pays". Who’s the polluter here: the company that provides the gas, or the consumer that actually uses it? Of course, the consumer. If gas prices didn’t go up, people would have no incentive to use less. Is the gas company supposed to subsidize people’s gas usage? Stupid article, stupid people!

]]> By: socialscientist http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2008/01/24/carbon-tax-bill-in-the-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-15650 socialscientist Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:53:17 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2008/01/24/carbon-tax-bill-in-the-mail/#comment-15650 <blockquote> <em>"We are asking them to be good corporate citizens," Natural Resources Minister Claude Béchard said at the time. </em></blockquote> oops... there's the problem.  

"We are asking them to be good corporate citizens," Natural Resources Minister Claude Béchard said at the time.

oops… there’s the problem.
 

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