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Originally Posted by Resurrection
Yes, I have made up my mind that a carbon tax is good. Have I made up THIS carbon tax is good? Not yet but I'm going to assume so until proven otherwise. If the AB government spends money raised by this tax to turn our province into a leader of green energy, I'm totally fine with it.
If they use the tax dollars in the general budget that will be a gross misuse of the funds and I would be very displeased with it.
What's wrong with that?
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I completely disagree with this. The carbon tax money should be spent on whatever the highest-needs area is. If the biggest priority for AB gov't spending is public transit infrastructure, spend it on that. If its new schools, or more health funding, or plugging the ozone-hole sized deficit, then spend it on that.
Having dedicated funds go to a specific purpose is foolish. It literally can't be any better than spending it on the most needed item, by definition. If that happens to be the most needed item now, then great, tell people that, and if that changes in the future then its easier to switch.