Amy Klobuchar emphasizes importance of the dividend part of carbon fee and dividend construct.
During the Las Vegas Democratic Presidential candidate debate, Senator Amy Klobuchar concisely described the importance of returning proceeds of a carbon fee directly back to individuals. This aspect of the proposal is what gives it the potential to become as sticky as social security.
Everyone pays, but everyone receives a dividend.
Heavy emitters pay a lot more, but get exactly the same dividend as everyone else.