Fund public schools with carbon tax

Gov. Inslee’s plan to help fund public education by imposing a $25 fee or tax on every metric ton of carbon emissions starting in the 2018 fiscal year is an excellent idea. We definitely need a tax or fee on carbon emissions in order to discourage the use of fossil fuels.

We also need a way to raise taxes to fund education. Tax something we want to discourage the use of and use the revenue from that tax to fund something we want to improve.

This story was originally published December 22, 2016 at 6:42 PM with the headline "Fund public schools with carbon tax."