kbal@fedia.io to Canada@lemmy.ca · 9 months agoI agree with Pierre Poilievre: The next election should be about the carbon tax.message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1-19arrow-down1message-squareI agree with Pierre Poilievre: The next election should be about the carbon tax.kbal@fedia.io to Canada@lemmy.ca · 9 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarestreetfestival@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 months agoI agree with all the points you just made. This is the part of your comment I was citing: The carbon tax is great in theory but terrible in practice
minus-squareAltofaltception@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoIt’s terrible in practice because it does nothing to curb the behaviour beyond punishing regular people for just being a part of the system. If I am forced to go to work and no alternative exists (i.e. viable public transit), I’m being punished at the pump.
I agree with all the points you just made.
This is the part of your comment I was citing:
It’s terrible in practice because it does nothing to curb the behaviour beyond punishing regular people for just being a part of the system.
If I am forced to go to work and no alternative exists (i.e. viable public transit), I’m being punished at the pump.