I am always opposed to taxing people directly. Countries generally collect a lot of tax money and then put it to use. $10 per person in a 300M country is $3B: while not peanuts, USA government has spent 4.45 trillion in FY2019. Clearly similar gains could be achieved by reprioritizing expenditure elsewhere.
70% of the cause of climate change comes from Container ships and the US Military. One can be regulated and the other we have direct control over. How about using that giant existing budget the US Military gets and actually switching those vehicles over to electric or hydrogen. No additional funds needed by citizens. Stop socializing losses for companies.
This says Americans don't trust their government with a blank check, nothing more. That poll is meaningless without a specific policy proposal.
I am always opposed to taxing people directly. Countries generally collect a lot of tax money and then put it to use. $10 per person in a 300M country is $3B: while not peanuts, USA government has spent 4.45 trillion in FY2019. Clearly similar gains could be achieved by reprioritizing expenditure elsewhere.
Is the opposition rate the same?
70% of the cause of climate change comes from Container ships and the US Military. One can be regulated and the other we have direct control over. How about using that giant existing budget the US Military gets and actually switching those vehicles over to electric or hydrogen. No additional funds needed by citizens. Stop socializing losses for companies.
People won't pay for the abstract "to combat climate change". Present some concrete ideas and more people, I believe, would be willing to contribute.