It is ironic that the left greens want high gas taxes to further their agenda yet high gas taxes hurt the poor the most.
The "inequality" they talk about so much if promoted by their very own taxes on energy and food.
For socialism and communism to be implemented, "progressives" must have a downtrodden and dirt poor underclass whom they will purport to rescue. Capitalism is evil in their eyes because, almost without trying, it thwarts poverty for ANYONE who is willing to have a go at it. The only way to create more poverty is to heavily tax faceless entities like corporations which, of course, pass their losses to consumers to survive, or the "progressives" can just "nationalize" the industries themselves and directly enslave consumers.
The commies know full well what they are doing.