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Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan
Isn't the rebate supposed to cover all of the costs?
The way I understand it is that 60% of Albertans will be a fixed increase in their income, and the tax will be serve as an incentive to reduce their carbon use.
The more they reduce their carbon consumption the more of that fixed increase in income they get to keep.
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It might cover gas costs and maybe heating costs, but its not based on actual usage. But a guess based around income.
It certainly won't cover everything else that's hammered by the carbon Tax.
There's nothing really scientific about this whole thing. There's no tracking what actual spending is.
If a family buys $400.00 per month on groceries and groceries bump by lets say 5%, that means that $240 of the rebate would be eaten by groceries alone. Utilities will increase, heating will increase and things like gas costs will increase. Even things like entertainment dollars will see an increase because of this.