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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Care to explain how it reduces their carbon footprint, getting rebated far more than they spend? Because that's the goal of a carbon tax, right? Right?
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Use less and the difference is even more. The reason they are getting back more is because they already have low carbon footprints. So yeah...
Being concerned about families making under $45,000 a year getting back some money is really missing the forest for the trees. That's not the aim of the carbon tax.
EDIT: Maybe you're confused on the rebate. It's entirely income and household dependent. A family of four that makes 85,000 and uses a ton of carbon would receive the same rebates as a family of four that makes 85,000 and uses none. The first family would be taxed more on their carbon usage (via levies and indirect costs), maybe even higher than the rebate they received, while the second family (somehow) using no carbon would receive the same rebate but would have not been taxed (directly). So there is still a financial incentive to use lower carbon.