Comment on US bill proposes new national EV tax, while some push to slash gas tax to zeroparentComments−imglorp3moWe also subsidize fossil fuels at around US$800 B/year direct, and much more than that indirect (wars, pollution, warming etc). A 100% fossil tax is what we need to kick that habit.−Jblx23mosubsidize fossil fuels at around US$800 B/year directI would like to see a source for that. Usually this is from someone who thinks corporate taxes should be on gross revenue instead of profit.−imglorp3mohttps://fossilfuelsubsidytracker.orgGlobally it was 1.6 T in 2022, direct.For what they call implicit subsidies, IMF thinks it was $6.7T in 2024. https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2025/12/20/und...−Jblx23moLooks like $6.46 per person in the U.S.The scope of the OECD Inventory is therefore broader than conventional conceptions of “subsidy”.https://fossilfuelsubsidytracker.org/methodology/...so I guess we should be ganging up on the Netherlands ($1,760 per capita) and Sweden ($924 per person).−orwin3moI think corporations should pay import taxes on services, that would fix a lot of tax dodging
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We also subsidize fossil fuels at around US$800 B/year direct, and much more than that indirect (wars, pollution, warming etc). A 100% fossil tax is what we need to kick that habit.
I would like to see a source for that. Usually this is from someone who thinks corporate taxes should be on gross revenue instead of profit.
https://fossilfuelsubsidytracker.org
Globally it was 1.6 T in 2022, direct.
For what they call implicit subsidies, IMF thinks it was $6.7T in 2024. https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2025/12/20/und...
Looks like $6.46 per person in the U.S.
https://fossilfuelsubsidytracker.org/methodology/
...so I guess we should be ganging up on the Netherlands ($1,760 per capita) and Sweden ($924 per person).
I think corporations should pay import taxes on services, that would fix a lot of tax dodging