Comments on: Introducing the Samuelson Gas Tax Increase: A Penny Every Month http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/11/17/introducing-the-samuelson-gas-tax-increase-a-penny-every-month/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jass http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/11/17/introducing-the-samuelson-gas-tax-increase-a-penny-every-month/comment-page-1/#comment-49831 jass Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:10:44 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=21101#comment-49831 One cent a month is very reasonable. The price fluctuates 1-2 cents every day, so it would be impossible to notice. One cent a month is very reasonable. The price fluctuates 1-2 cents every day, so it would be impossible to notice.

]]> By: DJB http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/11/17/introducing-the-samuelson-gas-tax-increase-a-penny-every-month/comment-page-1/#comment-49751 DJB Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:57:16 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=21101#comment-49751 This is a slow, underhand pitch to the right wing (i.e. they'll knock it out of the park). We shouldn't be talking about "raising taxes". We should be talking about "shifting taxes" from labor to pollution. The only way carbon taxes have a chance in America any time soon is if they're revenue neutral. Also, support must be given to the regions that will be disproportionately affected by more expensive fossil fuels. It's also important to remember that the federal government won't use the money for much of anything good unless it's under massive pressure from alternative transportation advocates. This is a slow, underhand pitch to the right wing (i.e. they’ll knock it out of the park). We shouldn’t be talking about “raising taxes”. We should be talking about “shifting taxes” from labor to pollution.

The only way carbon taxes have a chance in America any time soon is if they’re revenue neutral. Also, support must be given to the regions that will be disproportionately affected by more expensive fossil fuels. It’s also important to remember that the federal government won’t use the money for much of anything good unless it’s under massive pressure from alternative transportation advocates.

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