http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2008/04/29/carbon-tax-guarantees-tax-cuts-for-british-columbians/ Pricing carbon efficiently and equitably Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:38:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2008/04/29/carbon-tax-guarantees-tax-cuts-for-british-columbians/#comment-27730 Carbon Tax Center » B.C. Carbon Tax Backlash: How Real? Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:35:37 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2008/04/29/carbon-tax-guarantees-tax-cuts-for-british-columbians/#comment-27730 [...] The Liberal Party provincial administration took pains to make the tax revenue-neutral (mostly via reductions in personal and business tax rates), a feature it underscored by sending B.C. residents $100 carbon tax dividend checks as a down [...] […] The Liberal Party provincial administration took pains to make the tax revenue-neutral (mostly via reductions in personal and business tax rates), a feature it underscored by sending B.C. residents $100 carbon tax dividend checks as a down […]

]]> http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2008/04/29/carbon-tax-guarantees-tax-cuts-for-british-columbians/#comment-22043 Michael McEachen Sat, 10 May 2008 05:28:32 +0000 http://www.carbontax.org/blogarchives/2008/04/29/carbon-tax-guarantees-tax-cuts-for-british-columbians/#comment-22043 I am thrilled that a government as near as BC has taken this bold action and are leading the way legislatively away from disastrous fossil fuel addiction. Although I would have certainly preferred to have had my (US) government been the first to act, this is really only good news: I am confident that BC will demonstrate that a well-formulated carbon tax is the most efficient, fair, and effective way to promote conservation as well as sustainable energy technologies that are so urgently needed.Congratulations, BC, and keep up the great work, CTC, until we have similar policies in place in the USA, and in all developed nations. I am thrilled that a government as near as BC has taken this bold action and are leading the way legislatively away from disastrous fossil fuel addiction. Although I would have certainly preferred to have had my (US) government been the first to act, this is really only good news: I am confident that BC will demonstrate that a well-formulated carbon tax is the most efficient, fair, and effective way to promote conservation as well as sustainable energy technologies that are so urgently needed.Congratulations, BC, and keep up the great work, CTC, until we have similar policies in place in the USA, and in all developed nations.

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