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Originally Posted by Winnipegger
Hardly. A pigouvian tax on gasoline to partly offset the negative externalities of climate change is far from misguided. The demand for gas is relatively inelastic, so consumers will suck it up and pay anyways. It might reduce some consumption on the margin, but on the whole it will provide an extra source of revenue to fund initiatives that try to minimize the negative impact of climate change we're all going to feel in 100 years or so.
Of course more tax is never a fun thing, but paying for future damages is only fair.
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Had to google Pigouvian.
I see where you're coming from, but still disagree. It's very easy to hide behind virtue signalling to tax people more than they should be taxed. You're correct, it wouldn't change my consumption of gas much, but that doesn't mean it's something they should do.
We're a blip on the global climate change radar, and manitoba drivers are not the problem. We are, however, gullible. Maybe Alberta is on the radar, but Notley and Trudeau are still doing everything they can to prevent that province from succeeding so they're already addressed. The Chinas, Indias, Brazils of this world. That's who needs attention.