Quote:
Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
If the goal of the carbon tax was to introduce long term sustainable choices and increases in efficiency and not just wealth transfer and raising general revenues, they would be implementing a system of incentives to switch.
No one is going to spend $5k-$8k on a high efficiency furnace upgrade to save a few hundred every year, same goes for windows and doors. What will happen is that people will cut down spending on discretionary items, further hurting businesses that are being hit by higher costs at the same time.
|
I'm not arguing that you're wrong, but would more people make that capital outlay if 30% was covered by the province (and if that was feasible in terms of revenue)? Would the uptick in energy efficient tech offset the likely deficit increase and is there a way to offset that without another significant tax hike?
Obviously you can't just full-credit the purchase of new furnaces and windows or everyone will go buy them, it'd just be a handout.