I'm increasingly coming around on the idea of a revenue-neutral carbon tax, but given that it probably would dramatically increase food prices — offset by gov-issued rebates to consumers — I think there are probably some important questions for paycheck-to-paycheck families
-
Show this thread
-
Like, will checks still *definitely* go out during a government shutdown? Are regions far from a diverse local agriculture industry going to suffer disproportionately? How will food banks and other extant hunger solutions be affected? How will the homeless get their checks?
2 replies 0 retweets 10 likesShow this thread
Obv this is just a microcosm of a broader landscape of production & product movement. It's a good one, I think(?) because it's critical to human wellbeing & a lot of livelihoods. Plenty of foods aren't produced at any real volume in the continental US
12:48 PM - 10 Oct 2019
0 replies
0 retweets
8 likes
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.