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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Why and how would that be better? Especially for low income families and workers? Should they stop putting taxes on cigarettes too and just make it PST?
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If our activities are so harmful that we need to send $20/ tonne of carbon into the general revenues fund, then why should low income earners not be paying it? Are their activities less harmful than someone who makes more than an arbitrary amount decided on by the government?
I'd be willing to bet that the exemption amount was determined through study of the average income of the different demographics of voters. Also, that people with a higher income have a smaller carbon footprint than lower income earners in many areas that will be impacted by the carbon tax.