The bed rock of the carbon tax is that is reaches those who have been taken off the tax roles and pay no federal taxes.
By taxing the energy providers, the tax trickles down to all, especially including those that pay no tax. The income tax can not be changed to eliminate the give aways because that would be political suicide.
The solution is to craft an invisible tax that all must pay. The carbon tax is just that tax.
“The bed rock of the carbon tax is that is reaches those who have been taken off the tax roles and pay no federal taxes.”
The problem with that theory is the demonrats will promise subsidies to the po