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madokie
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Wed Dec-12-07 09:29 AM Original message |
What about Al Gores talk of a carbon tax to replace the taxes we pay now |
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sam sarrha
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Wed Dec-12-07 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. ONLY IF ALL THE CARBON TAX MONEY GOES TO SOLAR, WIND, HEMP SYSTEMS to actually do something about |
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madokie
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Wed Dec-12-07 09:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I think what Gore is proposing is replacing all our taxes with a tax based on carbon |
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sam sarrha
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Wed Dec-12-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. if there's not a direct 'PRIORITY' link in this new tax system to IMMEDIATELY shifting to renewable |
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madokie
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Wed Dec-12-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. what he is proposing it to replace our present tax system to one that is based on co2 |
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sam sarrha
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Wed Dec-12-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. there is a lot more money and money better distributed in resolving the problem.. if we don't change... |
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madokie
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Wed Dec-12-07 10:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I agree with that but that isn't really what I'm asking |
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sam sarrha
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Wed Dec-12-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. no trading and a Priority use of taxes to solve the problem or it isn't a solution, if we dont get |
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madokie
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Wed Dec-12-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I agree with what you're saying a 100% |
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karynnj
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Wed Dec-12-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I think the reason that it hasn't got a lot of traction is that it is a reasonably new |
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madokie
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Wed Dec-12-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. something to be looked at, maybe even studied a bit |
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karynnj
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Wed Dec-12-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I agree with you - and as you can see, I could hardly |
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madokie
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Wed Dec-12-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I think that is the idea |
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AlGore-08.com
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Wed Dec-12-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Here's an overview of his plan |
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ThomWV
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Wed Dec-12-07 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. It would be far to narrow of a tax base (and Grover's wet dream too). |
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DangerDave921
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Wed Dec-12-07 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
14. Um |
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madokie
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Wed Dec-12-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. only on its surface do I |
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porphyrian
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Wed Dec-12-07 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
17. It would be nice to finally make corporations responsible for their own pollution... |
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TahitiNut
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Wed Dec-12-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
18. We must stop treating taxes as a PENALTY or FINE. |
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LeftCoast
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Wed Dec-12-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Taxes fund the government, but they also strongly effect social policy |
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The2ndWheel
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Wed Dec-12-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. "Taxes are how we share the cost of SELF-GOVERNANCE" |
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LeftCoast
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Wed Dec-12-07 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
19. From what I've heard of it, it sounds like a very good idea |
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