Comments on: Nature: Do the carbon tax, America! https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/20/nature-do-the-carbon-tax-america/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:21:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Eric Lund https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/20/nature-do-the-carbon-tax-america/#comment-496187 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:21:41 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=14435#comment-496187 @Theo: The “budgetary time-bomb” to which they refer is what most commentators have been calling the “fiscal cliff” (though some have been backing off lately, calling it a “fiscal slope” instead). The problem is not so much the tax increases as the mandatory budget cuts that would go into effect. Those budget cuts would primarily affect the poor and middle class.

]]> By: Mike Lewinski https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/20/nature-do-the-carbon-tax-america/#comment-496186 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:59:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=14435#comment-496186 Gary Johnson made the point in the last third party debate that “whatever we tax we get less of”.

He claimed to believe in the consensus on global warming, but then also claimed that CO2 has been going down because capitalism is already fixing the problem….

]]> By: Theo Dzielak https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/20/nature-do-the-carbon-tax-america/#comment-496185 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:58:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=14435#comment-496185 Please explain what is the “budgetory time-bomb of tax increases.” Nature magazine’s editors,, as usual think that it giving the appearance of “neutrality” in the political arena–to not offend anyone–is the way to convince and move forward. There is a big difference between taxing the poor and working class and taxing the rich and super rich.

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