In Reply to: Cap & Trade = another plan for the redistribution of wealth posted by gsw_hoops on 2012-05-02 10:14:33

• Cap & Trade = the selling of indulgences. Discuss...   -  nomad  2012-05-01 19:43:14 (51 views)
• the idea is not bad, but it is ultimately just another financial derivative   -  Max  2012-05-02 13:03:12 (43 views)
• one important note... we might not like it, but this is the system the world has adopted.  -  shikantaza  2012-05-02 11:25:58 (48 views)
• Cap & Trade = another plan for the redistribution of wealth   -  gsw_hoops  2012-05-02 10:14:33 (34 views)
• LMAO @ this being your contribution to the conversation. a fucking 1/2 assed bumper sticker slogan.  -  jtown  2012-05-02 19:34:11 (38 views)
• Agreed. Money from rich companies that find it too costly to cut CO2, pay money  -  DC Warrior  2012-05-02 10:26:00 (48 views)
• catchy name for something that would be fine if it worked...   -  shikantaza  2012-05-01 20:39:25 (51 views)
• the cap is the point. All the trading does is decide who reduces to make the cap  -  DC Warrior  2012-05-02 05:42:55 (48 views)
• Bad scheme, ripe for corruption. Another rotten idea by free market zealots.   -  nomad  2012-05-02 10:25:00 (40 views)
• as opposed to what? Making every factory cut its emissions by 50%?  -  DC Warrior  2012-05-02 10:27:30 (42 views)
• Something along those lines. Why would regulating emissions be prohibitively complicated?  -  nomad  2012-05-02 10:32:43 (43 views)
• because, as I pointed out  -  DC Warrior  2012-05-02 10:54:24 (48 views)
• And about the liberal think tanks  -  nomad  2012-05-02 11:15:57 (41 views)
• let's talk about that - why would cap and trade "lock in inefficiencies and reward parasites"  -  DC Warrior  2012-05-02 12:16:57 (50 views)
• Just to finish up:  -  nomad  2012-05-03 12:56:08 (29 views)
• I said that about the medical insurance system.  -  nomad  2012-05-02 12:47:02 (38 views)
• Totally unconvincing.  -  nomad  2012-05-02 11:00:18 (36 views)
• Indulgences = market-based reform based on incentives, not punitive regulation.  -  altamont  2012-05-01 20:17:37 (61 views)