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Originally Posted by Zoe
like the idea of a phased in change to tax policy that would include a carbon tax and a pollution tax. Any change would be difficult to accomplish but it seems that there is a unanimous desire for a simplified fair tax system. I favor a tax policy that pushes the country toward less reliance on foreign oil w/o adding to global warming. A change in tax policy could spur change w/o government put in the position of picking the winner. Do you picture it could replace income tax completely?!
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I don't know if just a pollution tax could do it. But taxing the part of profit that comes from natural resources and land most likely could, in accordance with Georgist principles (ie the single tax... the origin of the boardgame Monopoly was to advocate this by satirizing the profits of landlords), and pollution tax could coexist on the same vain.
I think we're headed toward a carbon tax of some sort soon, but it will be most likely piled on top of the current system of taxation... and I'm almost certain it will somehow be altered in the process to be more "business-friendly".