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AVIATION TAX |
| The Aviation Tax is quite simply a political move for the EU to gain more power through having it's first independent revenue stream through this tax above national taxation laws. |
The EU with it's Emission Trading System has bitten off more than it can chew. The size of the levy is irrelevant. What matters is the hubris of the EU, which has infuriated Russia, US, Canada, India, Japan, China, Australia, and pretty much everyone else. This triggers the end of the AGW movement. If all these countries refuse to pay then what can the EU do, ban their flights from landing in Europe and start a trade war further sabotaging our economy and impoverishing EU citizens.
"the dispute is hard to understand on one level because the sums of money involved are so trifling." But it's a matter of principle...once accepted, the trifling sums can be increased unilaterally. The EU has bitten off more than it can chew. Energy hungry industries will continue to migrate to countries outside the EU losing more European jobs and big chunks of our economy. We have already lost much of our steel industries and will surely lose the rest of it over the next decade.
This is why the EU is doomed to fail – it is lead by people of breath taking arrogance and incompetence, who think that not only can they legislate for global climate, but that they can force the world to follow in their suicidal madness. The world will profit from their folly, thank you very much, but it is us, common citizens, who will be left to pick up the pieces... bye bye Airbus!!
And in the end for what, since CO2 is such a red herring - pollution and mindless burning of finite resources is irresponsible but CO2 is just an excuse like sovereign debt for new controls and taxes on the people.
The Aviation Tax is quite simply a political move for the EU to gain more power through having it's first independent revenue stream through this tax above national taxation laws. As a result, we'll save ZERO emissions and industry will "leak" to China and elsewhere. A tax for what - for a 10% reduction on EU emissions that represent 14% of global emissions that are responsible for a 2% human contribution of CO2 which is in itself a 0.5% component of the atmosphere that has greatest warming effects from the initial 20 parts per million in the atmosphere. After that the CO2 related contribution to global warming is negligible, see Klimaatveranderingen's 'CO2 sensitivity' report.
Therefore a tax affecting the global temperature by virtually ZERO.
One hell of a gesture, don't you agree? I cannot believe this is happening for real - the asylum has been taken over... |
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The most important reforms are described with full details of policy and financing in the section [ principles of change | A MANIFESTO FOR CHANGE ]. These reforms are absolutely necessary to initiate positive reform of our political systems. Policy in all areas of state involvement needs urgent attention but must be part of an ongoing process of consensual change through a system of direct democracy and consultative referendum.
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