[Pearls Before Swine]

But the impact on consumers would be modest, provided the government returns the bulk of the money raised by a carbon cap-and-trade system to households, the analysis showed.

Insofar as it does this, the government will be instituting yet another tax transfer. You can bet that if you pay any reasonable amount of taxes, you'll be phased out of this "benefit."

[Repeat Offender]

government returns the bulk of the money raised by a carbon cap-and-trade system to households, the analysis showed.

I guess the "analysis" didn't figure just EXACTLY WHO was going to pay the added cost of cap and trade!!!!! I mean the evil greedy corporations wouldn't dare think of passing this added cost along to the consumer?!?!?!?!

I'm going over and over in my head and wondering why I continue to be a productive member of society..... I'd apply for welfare, but there are so many others with "seniority," if they did start reforming it, I'd be the first cut, you know since I hadn't made it a career yet.

[tobyhill]

It's just a round-about tax. The Government charges for fake carbon then sells the fake carbon and then the companies that got charged for the fake carbon has to pass the cost of the fake carbon to their consumer.