Rather than give up their own use of fossil fuels and make their own lives carbon neutral, they’d prefer to share the misery of their doomsday cult
These new taxes could help fight climate change
The COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan aim to agree on an annual finance target of $1 trillion or more a year to help poorer countries respond to global warming. Some see new taxes as one way to get there.
The Global Solidarity Levies Task Force (GSLT), led by France, Barbados and Kenya, is exploring the issue. Below are extracts from its latest report on the options being discussed and estimates about how much could be raised.
Shipping
The levy that could be closest to being agreed is for shipping, responsible for around 3% of global emissions, with governments set to debate a series of measures at a meeting of the International Maritime Organization in April.Aviation
Aviation accounts for 2% of global emissions yet is usually free of value-added tax (VAT) or sales taxes. Levies being discussed by the GSLT include kerosene fuel, private jet fuel, luxury tickets and frequent flyers, which together could generate $19 billion to $164 billion a year, it estimates.
Well, sure, that won’t cause a spike in costs, right? How about the rest, which are
- Fossil fuels
- Financial transactions (why? What do they have to do with ‘climate change’? Oh, right, it’s a cash grab)
- Carbon (yeah, the continuation of their old carbon tax idea)
- Wealth (this would be on billionaires. To start with)
- Crypto
- Plastic
Strange how it’s always about the money (and the government control), never about practicing what you preach.
It’s easy enough when you are wealthy, and you have to be wealthy to attend COP29, to advocate higher taxes, because you can afford them. But the American people just voted for lower taxes, because we believe we are already paying too f(ornicating) much!
I don’t know if the soon-to-be-history Biden Administration will sign on to COP29, but incoming President Trump should tear it to shreds as soon as he takes office.