It is mad, absolutely mad, to subsidise bad things like carbon pollution when we tax good things, like wages and housing.

We tax cigarettes, which don't actually do all that much harm (other than kill smokers, which may equally well be considered a benefit), but we DON'T tax carbon, which is destroying the planet our children will have to try to live on?

Not having a carbon tax is just arrant stupidity. Should have been done years ago.