Remix.run Logo
Remix clone Hacker News
new | show | ask | jobsGithub
▲ shawnz 8 months ago

In official communications it was called the Canada Carbon Rebate or previously the Climate Action Incentive

▲david-gpu 8 months ago | parent [-]

Both of which were terrible marketing wise.

▲shawnz 8 months ago | parent [-]

What makes "rebate" terrible but "dividend" good? They accomplish the same thing in my mind. In fact I think calling it a "dividend" would be a pretty unconventional and contrived usage of that word.

▲david-gpu 7 months ago | parent [-]

Rebate: focuses attention on the tax. Dividend: focuses attention on the income people receive.

Never heard of the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend? Except that one enshrines CO2 emissions instead of curbing them.