Quote from: K-Dog on Apr 16, 2024, 11:52 AM

QuoteFuel for transpotation to work and home heating consumes a much larger percentage of a min wage worker than it does a CEO.

Is irrelevant.  Percentage here is without any relevance at all.  What matters here is that the barista will always use less fuel than the CEO.  They pay less and get more back than they pay in.

$125 + $6 = $131

The barista only spent $80 on gas but got $131.  That is $51 ahead and the barista will be able to get a coffee at AM PM and a $2 chocolate twist on their way to work every day FOR FREE.

This works only if there is a CEO for every J6P, but there isn't.  10,000 J6Ps pay in the tax on the $80/wk of gas for every 1 CEO that pays in tax on $1670 in jet fuel.  Lets use round numbers now to make the calculations easier.  Say it's $100 for the gas & $2000 for the jet fuel.  Make the tax 10%.  Each J6P pays $10 X 10,000 J6Ps = $100,000.  CEO pays $200 in tax.  Total Revenue = $100,200.  When the tax is returned, each person gets $100,200/10,001 people, or >$10 but <$10.01 back.  The CEO has paid $200, each J6P received less than a penny more than they paid in.  Granted, the scheme doesn't cost J6P any more money, but nobody's getting rich on their carbon dividend here.  Nor will the CEO be too worried about spending $200 extra for his jet fuel.  You also have to pay the bureaucrats running this scheme.

If I missed something here, please lemme know without the big fonts.  I still may not understand how it's supposed to work correctly.

RE