Carbon taxes that will definitely harm regular people in the short term are being implemented because there’s a chance they might benefit the environment in the long term.
This is absurd. The only thing more absurd, and offensive, is that politicians clearly know this.
The fact some politicians are proposing rebates to offset the adverse economic effects of green policies, as Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has done, means they know damn well there’ll be negative effects. (The added insult is they also know there’s no way of creating rebates that are truly revenue neutral for individuals, but that’s another story.)
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