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Originally Posted by FFR
Whoa dude, I'm on your side. I was just stating what the Liberals are saying to prove my point. No need to go crazy on me!
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Didn't mean to go crazy on you, and if it came across that way my apologies. Just ticks me off when people suggest this is some panacea for environmental concerns, when clearly it isn't.
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Originally Posted by Bagor
I don't see where you're going with this.
It's a 4 year plan. The tax increases $10/year.
If emissions were to go down wouldn't the tax increase cover it?
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Perhaps... but that's not in their 4 year plan. If the plan is to look at emission levels and then increase the tax appropriately so we have the appropriate revenue to meet the spending demands, the plan should say that. It doesn't. It says in year 4 the tax will be this much, we'll raise this much money, and we'll spend all that money like so. If emissions do go down, all that changes... doesn't it? Either the carbon tax has to increase, other taxes have to increase, services and/or programs need to be reduced, or a deficit has to occur. The plan makes no mention of any of these obvious options.
Even the Liberals admit they have no idea how much or even if the plan will reduce emissions (google Martha Hall-Findley for confirmation).