Comments on: Cap and Frayed

By: max191

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By: He.

He. — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:14:50 +0000

Conservative “intellectuals” should read a few introductory textbooks and stop spreading their ignorant anti-science, anti-economics propaganda to the masses. Conservatives can be unbelievably stupid when it comes to climate change (“It snows outside! Global warming is BS!”) or basic economics of taxation.

By: CTF

CTF — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:11:13 +0000

I disagree that anything called a tax is political suicide. I think an electorate who understands a revenue-neutral carbon tax–a tax rebated to them in the form of a rebate or with a tax-shift approach–already supported by the majority of leading scientists, economists and opinion leaders can be a political winner, especially when compared to the debacle that has become the cap and trade debate.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:56:07 +0000

Look Wilkinson, you know that anything referred to as a “tax” is political suicide. So long as the harm from an action is attenuated from its cause (as in this case) the public will not support a direct solution such as a carbon tax. If you believe global climate change is truly a problem that needs to be addressed then sooner or later you have to pick something. Though it be not perfect, something has to be better than nothing. Later on we can work to make it rigorous enough to effectuate its intended purpose.

By: Bill Jones

Bill Jones — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:17:22 +0000

Just one more screwing over of the people by the Oligarchs

By: Steve Yuen

Steve Yuen — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:17:11 +0000

These moveable goalposts are about as valid as measuring the success of an economic program by “jobs saved.” Well, we know one area where new jobs will be created–the creation of a bureaucracy to administer this Rube Goldberg system. Competitors like China and India that create real goods and services must be falling on the floor laughing out loud at the myriad ways we are handicapping our industries.

By: uknowbetter

uknowbetter — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:18:28 +0000

This crap better not pass. Just another way for the government to screw things up.

By: mk

mk — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:24:19 +0000

The federal tax code is pretty complicated. It's not clear that a carbon tax would be less open to loopholes and exploitation than a cap and trade system. But you might be right.

By: themightypuck

themightypuck — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:18:21 +0000

Any carbon tax at this point in the economic cycle is suicide. I don't think you want to throw the shackles on until you are at a point when an alternative is viable. Pctax = innovation <= Pnada = innovation. I would prefer government market intervention via some funding/prize mechanism over a tax. Funding/Prize might accelerate innovation without screwing up the market too much. Of course the problem is we can't predict innovation. Damn.

By: anom

anom — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:35:58 +0000

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/environmentanden…

http://www.ryanavent.com/blog/?p=1950

By: greenish

greenish — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:23:00 +0000

you see, which does treat them equivalently.

You mean "doesn't"!