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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
GGG, the point I was making in response to Locke’s comment was that regardless of whether you agree or disagree on the carbon tax being the best way to increase revenues to pay for projects that will actually help Canadians like the green line, stating that the removal of the tax will be good for Canadians without offering any alternatives for how to make up the shortfall of those needed funds without it is nonsense.
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While I may agree that cutting a tax without stating what expenses you will cut is terrible policy when you quote the statement that the "Green line is paid for by the Carbon Tax" its just wrong. The green line was paid for by government revenues. Without the Carbon tax the green line would have been funded through debt or other taxation.
Using the green line as a benefit to the Carbon Tax is pure spin, and doubles down on the awful moronic policy that Carbon Taxes should only be spent on green things. It shows a complete misunderstanding of how a Carbon tax works and why it is an almost pain free way to wean the world off of CO2.