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Originally Posted by Brian W
A carbon tax is simply a tax levelled on corporations and or individuals based on the amount of carbon the corporation or individual is expected to put into the atmosphere.
Most corporations and or people would rather not pay taxes so the theory is the more you tax carbon emission the less carbon is put into the environment and we all get to breath a little easier.
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Err... sorry no. The more you tax people here the less competitive our manufacturing industry is. So it's cheaper to manufacture overseas. Supply and demand. The stuff will get produced offshore. As a result overseas polluters who don't abide by the carbon footprint taxes because either they have none or don't give a rat's a$$ anyway will pump double the amount of crap in the atmosphere because their production facilities are a lot less cleaner than in Oz. So, see... back to the drawing board.
You want to make things better. You invest in domestic businesses giving them tax cut to reduce their CO2 output. Not penalising them. Giving them incentives.