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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope it is:

1) increase taxes on the 0.1%
2) fight carbon emission
3) strengthen Obama care so that the working poor  (to me, anybody who makes under $60k/year, which is half my yearly salary) won't go bankrupt with one health problem[/quote]

1) that may make you feel better, but won't change a thing.
[b]2) the more obvious way is to increase gas taxes. Have the guts?[/b]
3) obamacare is the most inefficient and expensive way to accomplish that job. With half its cost you could give catastrophic insurance to everyone in the country for free

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Gas was over $4 a gallon at one point. It's now around $2.20. No one went nuts when it cost almost twice as much as it does today -- so yeah. Add a couple bucks to the price of every gallon to save the earth. I'm fine with that.[/quote]
DH and I would be fine with that, but my god, how horribly regressive for people on the edge.[/quote]

Anyone with a long driving commute who is trying to make ends meet. 
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If someone chooses to live in Sherpardstown to commute to downtown DC, they are making a lifestyle decision. Not everyone is entitled to a 4 BR house on an acre of land. [/quote]

What about the people living in a double-wide who have a long commute? Not exactly “lifestyle” choice. 
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They should move into an apartment in Hyattsville.[/quote]

So you don’t think a gas tax is regressive and could be terrible for many people? There are ways to reduce carbon emissions that don’t penalize people who are struggling financially. 
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We have spent the last 10 years listening to people on the right talk about elections having consequences and life choices people make. Usually the context for this is the urban poor. So somehow when it is the rural poor, it is up to the world to make up for their poor choices at the expense of the health of the planet? Do you see the hypocrisy?[/quote]

I just think there are more effective options. But if you’re out to punish the urban poor and the rural poor, that’s on you. 
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