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... 13I'd rather tax caborn than incomeThe problem with energy taxes at the Federal level in the US is they are disproportionate. Hence, they rarely get enough bites to get thru the US Senate.The people who live in North Dakota are no more or less concerned about wasteful energy use then the people in California. The people in California have a nice moderating breeze coming off the Pacific Ocean that keeps their heating and cooling needs to a minimum.I live in Western Washington, my cell phone, cable and internet cost more then my gas and electric bills. I heat to 70 in the winter and have no need for air conditioning.My parents live in New England, they heat to 60 in the winter and cool to 90 in the summer. Their house has triple pane windows, they have a foot of insulation in the ceiling. They unplug the microwave when they are not using it to save however much electricity the LED clock uses. Their gas and electric bills are triple mine. Any sort of broad based caborn or energy tax is going to disproportionately fall on my parents.Their Senator, whose job is to vigorously fight for policies that benefit his/her constituents is going to fight a policy that is proportionate impacts my parents.My Senator is going to support 'tax and refund' or some other such broad based policy, as it really won't impact the bulk of the citizens of Washington and may end up being a net financial benefit. Taxing people who live in places with really hot summers and really cold winters and refunding it to people who have neither sounds good to me!!!!I'm all for a bit of R&D to find cheaper, cleaner forms of energy. Unfortunately, I doubt a broad based energy tax or caborn tax will ever make it through the US Senate because it's impact will be disproportionate.
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(VISITOR) AUTHOR'S NAME
Ogi
MESSAGE TIMESTAMP
16 december 2014, 09:01:01
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