Re: AMD's well may be running dry

davidc@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Mar 17, 1:06 pm, Bill Todd <billt...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
dav...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

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But still, you haven't answered the question: Where Does This Tax Go?
He answered it by stating that that was a separate issue: allocation of
revenues need not directly track where they came from, though absent
responsible government that's one way to limit waste.

But that's not an answer.

Yes, it is: you just don't happen to agree that your question was effectively irrelevant.

That's sweeping the question under the
rug. I ask where it goes, and you tell me the allocation doesn't
track where it came from. So, where is it allocated TO? You are
talking about instituting likely billions of dollars of taxes for all
international imports/exports, and his answer is (from his post):
"Actually, it doesn't matter where the tax on fossil fuels goes."

Which (as noted above) is indeed an answer, whether you agree with it or not.


Since everything is takes some amount of energy to produce, all you've
done is raise the price of everything
You really need to read a lot more carefully if you don't want to look
incompetent.

I read it fine.

I guess you have comprehension problems, then.


The tax is not on energy consumption per se, but on fossil fuel
consumption - that's the whole point of it. So it encourages use of
renewable energy sources in production, and discourages demand for
products that use nonrenewable energy sources (in this particular case,
fossil fuels) promiscuously.

Almost everything we get here are from China and other countries
heavily into fossil fuels, or have parts producted from these same
countries. Look at your local Wal-Mart and find a product MADE in the
USA. Not assembled in the USA, but MADE in the USA. I'd wager this
little tax would make pretty much everything in Wal-Mart go up in
price.

Which is precisely the desired behavior for items consuming fossil fuels in their production process (the rise being proportional to the fossil fuel consumed).


And since we're paying more for all these goods, where does this tax
end up going?

We don't care, at least any more than we care where other taxes go (though we should care about where *all* taxes go).

No one really wants to take this question on, despite
your assertions.

No, you just don't like the fact that your question is irrelevant (at least in this context: as I just noted, caring about where taxes go in general is entirely appropriate - just not part of this specific issue).

- bill

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