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A smarter way than manually picking "worthy" and "unworthy" emissions to tax is to tax them all, including basic needs, and distribute the proceeds from that (or a fraction of them) to everyone equally.

Those who consume less will receive back more than they spent on the basic necessities, and you don't get into envy- and activism-based debates where everyone tries to hurt their favorite sinners.




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