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jammies · 08-10-2016, 04:59 PM

I think we have been undertaxed in Alberta for decades, but I don't agree that the current implementation of the carbon tax is anything other than a disaster. If the money was funding alternative energy research, or rebates for energy efficient construction, or.... anything really that's directly relevant to reducing GHGs, then I'd be at least ambivalent. So far it seems the plan is to reduce emissions by ensuring power becomes unaffordable, which I guess will work, but hardly seems the optimal course.

Raising taxes to cover spending is one thing. Raising taxes, and then borrowing huge amounts is entirely another, and it being amateur hour every time new policy is announced is even more inexcusable. Who imagined the days of bumbling Ed Stelmach would be regarded with fond nostalgia?

08-10-2016, 04:59 PM	#2686
jammies Basement Chicken Choker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants. Exp:	I think we have been undertaxed in Alberta for decades, but I don't agree that the current implementation of the carbon tax is anything other than a disaster. If the money was funding alternative energy research, or rebates for energy efficient construction, or.... anything really that's directly relevant to reducing GHGs, then I'd be at least ambivalent. So far it seems the plan is to reduce emissions by ensuring power becomes unaffordable, which I guess will work, but hardly seems the optimal course. Raising taxes to cover spending is one thing. Raising taxes, and then borrowing huge amounts is entirely another, and it being amateur hour every time new policy is announced is even more inexcusable. Who imagined the days of bumbling Ed Stelmach would be regarded with fond nostalgia? __________________ Better educated sadness than oblivious joy.