Replace income taxes with a carbon tax

I think we should replace the corporate and income tax with a high carbon tax…

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The economics of a high carbon tax is simple. If gasoline is $15 gallon people will motor a lot less and if electricity is $500 a month per household, ipeople will use a lot less. Sure there will be a lot of pain in the short run but people will find ways to survive if polluting practices are expensive. Efficient businesses and efficient practices are rewarded with a carbon tax.

We want to encourage wealth and investment in society. A carbon tax and repealing taxes on individuals and businesses will encourage investment rather than consumption. There is too little savings and too much consumption.

I think we need to stop focusing on the poor, and focus on what’s right for our country as a whole – economic growth, jobs and promotion of efficient practices. There is too much waste in society that high taxes on carbon could root out of society – even if it hurts a certain people as times change.

June 12, 2019 Night

Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 66 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a south-southeast breeze at 8 mph. πŸƒ. The dew point is 50 degrees.

Not a half bad evening and I actually feel half decent. πŸŒƒ A bit of a headache but better than I was feeling on Monday. I just don’t feel sick or achy long enough ever to go to the doctor. I think I’m just allergic to Mondays.😷 I shouldn’t be, I mean I like making money and saving for a better tomorrow. Sitting out back watching both the artificial fireflies and the real ones as they buzz along the trees. 🐝

Tonight will be mostly cloudy πŸŒ₯, with a low of 51 degrees at 6am. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 29th. Maximum dew point of 50 at 9pm. South wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2018, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 60 degrees. The record low of 38 occurred back in 1974.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon πŸŒ” with 88% illuminated. The moon will set at 3:07 am. The Strawberry Moon πŸ“πŸŒ• is on Sunday night. The sun will rise at 5:17 am with the first light at 4:42 am, which is 5 seconds earlier than yesterday. πŸŒ„ Tonight will have 8 hours and 43 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 33 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 5pm. 🌧 High of 61 degrees at 3pm. 16 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 22nd. Maximum dew point of 53 at 4pm. πŸ–οΈ Southeast wind 5 to 13 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Cold and wet. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 75 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1892.

Still Saturday looks pretty decent for the weekend. πŸ˜• Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 78. Maximum dew point of 54 at 5pm. Sunday, showers likely, mainly before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Maximum dew point of 65 at 5pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 78 degrees.

I doubt I’ll get out of town this weekend but maybe next weekend. 😎 Too many things with work and I’m not sure the weather will cooperate with me. I’m just hoping the weather will cooperate with me next week. Hopefully by then the rainy pattern will be done and things will warm up. Maybe I’m too optimistic. I’m really looking forward to summer.

In four weeks on July 10 the sun will be setting at 8:34 pm,πŸŒ„ which is 19 seconds later then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had hot, humid, mostly sunny skies, a thunderstorm and temperatures between 92 and 62 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 61 degrees. The record high of 100 degrees was set back in 1936.

Looking ahead, Last Day of Session πŸ› is in 1 weeks, Last Sunset After 8 PM πŸŒ† is in 2 months, Altamont Fair Opens 🎑 is in 9 weeks, State Fair Opens 🎑 is in 10 weeks, September 11th πŸ‡Έ is in 13 weeks, More Night then Day 🌌 is in 15 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 πŸ‘΄πŸ» is in 84 weeks.

Amtrak Bridge Over Stockport Creek

San Francisco soars to 100 degrees as record heat wave roasts California and the West Coast – The Washington Post

San Francisco soars to 100 degrees as record heat wave roasts California and the West Coast – The Washington Post

I wonder if the pattern will change and Albany this year will hit 100 degrees for the first time since Labor Day Weekend 1953.

That heat wave was so severe that there was 12 days in New York City above 95 degrees and a lot of cars died in traffic due to overheating engines and vapor locks as those old cars didn't preform well in the heat - including Robert Moses car overheated on the Grand Central Parkway.