A tax credit that scales up to save you more money the closer you move to your work.
Posted by flamingloltus@reddit | CrazyIdeas | View on Reddit | 16 comments
Disguise it as a carbon tax.
not_so_wierd@reddit
There's a certain something to the idea. But wouldn't it be more accurate to have extra taxes on fuel like we already do?
That way, the people who live far from work and commute by car pay more than someone choses public transport.
flamingloltus@reddit (OP)
Punishing the consumer isn’t a new idea, which is why you would think so…
Ideally we would tax the corporations that produce the gasoline so they lower their emissions through new technologies and processes. This would hand any reduction in emissions down to the consumer so they could further choose to reduce and amplify the effort.
Citizens climate lobby is something similar to this, but they hand out the dividends from the production supply chain’s carbon tax directly to families to use as they wish.
7-Inches@reddit
So your solution is to not tax the consumer but to tax the producer who will increase prices to account for the extra cost? How does this not affect the consumer
flamingloltus@reddit (OP)
Are you referring to Citizen’s Climate Lobby?
7-Inches@reddit
I’m referring specifically to what you stated
flamingloltus@reddit (OP)
You’re referring to Citizen’s Climate Lobby, or the original idea…?
flamingloltus@reddit (OP)
The approach is aimed at pressuring producers to adopt a lower emissions approach so that the maximum reduction can be achieved.
Taxing the consumer will result in elimination of the producers so it wouldn’t have bi-partisan support.
Please tell me you understand how complicated this is.
Dave_A480@reddit
No amount of money or lobbying will make people want to live in a tiny box in someone else's building....
The SFH lifestyle is worth the cost....
flamingloltus@reddit (OP)
I understand the frustration of WFH employees.
If feels like the majority of the “house of cards” arguments fail to take into account that we are THE GREAT ECONOMIC EXPERIMENT and it’s pitiful to see us failing to pull the levers of the world with a civilization-wide sustainability mindset
Cloudycloud47x2@reddit
Why did you post this twice?
nicholas818@reddit
I think the Reddit app sometimes glitches and doubles posts or comments. In my experience you usually tap once and it gives an error, and you tap again and it succeeds. But then it turns out the first press wasn’t actually an error and you double posted
flamingloltus@reddit (OP)
The ghost in the machine
Cloudycloud47x2@reddit
So i wont pay any taxes if i live in the janitor cloest in my office?
Can i still maintain a residence for my family or do they need to live in the closet with me?
What if my name is Bob and i buy the building from mr fischoeder and i work downstairs making burgers and live upstairs?
flamingloltus@reddit (OP)
I’m envisioning a tax credit to help you but property closer to your place of employment, and not punishing people for living far away. The problem is blanketing the corporations with centralized headquarters and no field offices.
Cloudycloud47x2@reddit
Companies should be offered an credit to decentralize their work force and allow more people to work from home regardless of where they live.
Your plan would encourage over population in urban areas which alreay have a high cost of living, so the tax credit would really be only an adjustment of expenses.
Attempted to eliminate more minimal jobs, allow younger populations to manage automated businesses and increase WFH work force.
flamingloltus@reddit (OP)
We don’t disagree on how to implement a reduction in emissions, but neither do we argue that something should be done.