Letter: Rich buy electric cars, solar, so will pay less carbon tax

The tax will fall hardest on lower-income people, typically minorities and senior citizens.

Several people have written clambering for a carbon tax that would be revenue neutral, meaning the politicians would hand the tax money right back to us.

Their proposal transfers money from people who use more gasoline on average to those who use less than average. The tax will fall hardest on lower-income people, typically minorities and senior citizens. But people will still need to heat their homes and drive their cars, and the tax will have little impact on that need.

California already has the highest gasoline taxes in the country.

And, contrary to the claims that the rich will pay the most tax, the rich will pay the least since they can afford electric cars and solar roofs.

Dick Patterson
El Cerrito

 

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