If you thought Obamacare was bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Drive the wrong car, there’s a tax for that. Drive too far, there’s a tax for that. Live in the wrong place, there’s a tax for that. Heat your home too much, there’s a tax for that. Use the wrong appliances in your home, there’s a tax for that. Eat too much beef, there’s a tax for that.
Monetizing thin air will be the single most disastrous thing to ever happen to this nation.
… In addition, people are more likely to accept increases in energy prices if they perceive them as needed to reach an ambitious and positive social goal than if they perceive them as top-down government decisions to reduce oil imports or protect the climate….This framing makes it more likely that the public will accept the resulting increases in the price of electricity. It also reduces the risk that the decision will be reversed by the next government.”