Re: the April 25 article "Enacting carbon tax is critical to our future."
The column on climate change and carbon tax was excellent. The old commercial of “You can pay me now or you can pay me later” comes to mind. Americans subsidize the oil industry over $30 billion annually. Other costs are excluded: drought, desertification, wildfires, thawing permafrost, flooding, and extreme storms. All taxpayers support these costs through disaster relief when a town or city is destroyed and Americans are injured or killed. All home and building owners pay higher insurance premiums to cover the increase in costs to insurance companies when disasters happen. Two examples: Hurricane Ida caused over $30 billion in insured damage and the winter storm Uri killed over 275 Americans and cost citizens over $100 billion.
A carbon fee and dividend to citizens that equitably decreases the impact to the lowest income families is needed.
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William Jones
East side
Disclaimer: As submitted to the Arizona Daily Star.
