Death and Carbon Taxes

Like a good Liz Warren sound bite, the Carbon Tax in Australia is a gift that keeps on giving.

Climate Change Minister Greg Combet said it would be "reprehensible" if any cemetery was taking advantage of grieving families by overcharging them for funerals.
scare quotes in original, don't know if he held up his hands while giving the quote, or wrote it that way.

So, how do you implement the carbon tax, sir? I'm assuming the tax is levied on all businesses that employ workers, machinery or exist. I prefer that all taxes be passed directly to the person paying the bill, in this case, the dead man's family, not hidden. (The Tax That Shalt Not Be Named) After all, they are a direct tax on an activity, correct? Just like a sales tax, they are quantifiable.

Whoops, got ahead of myself. It is illegal in Oz to point out the cost of government to customers. Technically, businesses are having to raise prices to cover all the supply chain increases, and the TTTSNBN commission is insulted by blaming it on their taxes. Fauxahanutas would be proud.

And they give direct payment to those making under a certain amount to "offset" the costs involved.  I thought you tax an activity to reduce it from occuring. The whole point is to price the lower income types from being able to afford electricity or fuel, thereby reducing carbon emissions. Hell, hasn't the U.S. dropped to below 1999 CO2 levels just by having a crappy economy? That is the first stated goal of the Aussie TTTSNBN law. The green nuts should be happy as hell, but they are pissed that we did it the easy way, forcing banks to make loans to people that can't pay them back, not hammering them with irrational taxes.