Re: Doug Henwood on eliteclimate change strategy
On Apr 23, 2007, at 4:08 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote:
How about if we stop trying to design individual progressive taxes (which we seem unable to do anyway)?
We’ve got a nice big fat juicy one in the US: income taxes. Can it be more progressive? Sure. But it’s not bad today. And it’s
something to work for. So: just put the US carbon footprint on budget and divvy it up. End of puzzle.
Yeah, you’ve got a point. I’m thinking there should be some
progressivity in electricity bills, so that a poor family in a small
apartment pays less per kwh than does John Edwards in his 28,000 ft2
house. But as for Patrick’s idea, I really don’t know how to
translate the concept into practice. Maybe someone else does.
Doug