Jim,
I've mentioned Peter Barnes' book favorably a couple of times here.
I'm glad to hear about it from you. Beyond the atmospheric commons,
the book is rich with other commons that can be claimed or re-claimed.
Most if not all of the carbon tax proposals have a rebate for lower
income people. Read about it at Carbontaxcenter.org.
Gene Coyle
On Jul 30, 2007, at 7:21 AM, Jim Devine wrote:
On 7/29/07, Marvin Gandall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Eugene Coyle wrote:
There is an alternative that is dismissed by the mainstream Democrats
(Barbara Boxer for example) as a good idea that can't be enacted.
"So let's
line up behind Cap & Trade." That is the Carbon Tax.
a carbon tax with rebates to all (as in Peter Barnes' "sky trust").
The poor would get the shaft from a pure carbon tax.
--
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
