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Look, the taxes to run the country need to come from somewhere. They might as well come from a tax on CO2, rather than a tax on hundred of different transactions an individual might make over the course of a year. These transactions generate taxable events and result in much hair pulling before April 15th. By taxing C02, we harness the creativity of people trying to avoid taxes - just like now - and reduce the number of tax paying entities to a handful of energy companies.
Sounds like a big win all around. And it would reduce our C02 output quite quickly.
