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Universal Basic Income Could Double Global GDP While Cutting Carbon Emissions (www.zmescience.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Espiritdescali to c/futurology

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Hypothecated taxes are tricky like that. I think they're underrated when it's essentially a user fee, but otherwise, no, it's an old-timey idea for a reason.

Fun fact, in Canada we have a carbon tax that goes right back out as cheques to people, kinda like this but at a lower rate. Currently getting rid of them is the leading candidate's whole platform

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