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Originally Posted by snootchiebootchies
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As for what I'm willing to do, climate change is my number one issue when deciding who to vote for. I support the carbon tax despite disliking how it was rolled out (i.e., lack of benchmarks for consumers so they cannot gain credits like industry players do, "free emissions" for industrial facilities who are required to report and those who opt into the CCIR, etc.) because I believe it will reduce emissions and would continue to support higher taxes if we get rid of the "free emissions" loophole, and then even higher taxes if we include benchmarking for major personal energy consumption devices like cars, furnaces, etc.
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Thank you. All noble goals. So, you are willing to pay more than what you pay now, personally, to the government in a hope that they would take your money and help mitigate the climate change. This is a paraphrase, but please correct me if it isn't.
If you are an average middle-class Canadian, you already pay something like 45% in all taxes out. How much more are you willing to pay for the above?