–The same solution that we (used to) use to fund our health care system will work to solve the environmental solution. Tax those that make a profit off of emissions and use that money to invest in green public infrastructure. We must not tax the poor and the working “middle class” to solve the problems caused by the rich. Carbon dioxide regulation needs to be sector specific, needs to be brought in progressively and aggressively, and need to make sure that the government can provide an alternative to the high emitters. Public investment in and socially own production facilities need to be built that have the input from the academic and union sectors to all flexibility for future changes and upgrade, but at the same time we need to be producing solutions now. We cannot wait for the market to fail once again. The risk has been born by the working class too long, it is time for those that profited off the exploitation of the environment to pay for the damages they have brought.

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