Q: Why collect the fee in the first place if you are going to redirect it back to households.
A: well we won't redirect all of it back to households.
Q: So you're skimming off the top?
A: No - of course not. We will invest a certain percentage into green projects.
Q: You mean green projects like those we hear about that go into bankruptcy?
A: No. We will use a portion of the carbon fees to send to the green companies so they no longer go bankrupt.
Q: So you skim off the top to send to your political donors?
A: No. Of course not.
Q: But of the amount left you will send to each household an amount that varies depending on how much they paid in carbon fees?
A: Well not exactly. We will send each household the same amount. Otherwise it would not be fair.
Q: So how is this different from communism?
A: It's not. But we will implement communism better than other countries have because we are smarter.
Q: You mean you are smarter because you come from European heritage?
A: No. We are smarter because only smart people believe in socialism and communism.
Q: OK. I see.
Well done!