President Joe Biden is taking fresh steps to help keep gas prices from climbing. For Republicans to see this as “disgusting” and “disgraceful” is bizarre.
President Joe Biden is taking fresh steps to help keep gas prices from climbing. For Republicans to see this as “disgusting” and “disgraceful” is bizarre.
That is an inverse progressive tax. The lower income you are, the higher % of your income you pay.
It’s essentially a tax on the poor trying to subsidize renewables. If the US had viable alternatives, maybe I’d support this. I don’t think the poor need more taxes right now, though.
The word you’re looking for is regressive
You’re right
What other countries do is build viable public transportation to counter.
If you return the tax to everyone as a dividend, then it becomes progressive, while still encouraging less polluting options
How much will climate change cost the poor?