Saturday, June 18, 2011

Tax carbon with no exemptions


Action to deal with climate change should not be a licence to print money.

CLIMATE reduction policies and procedures should not create consumer risks, costs or complexities that open the door for speculation by financial sector smarties or that require complex accounting. Such issues have nothing to do with the fundamental objective of reducing global carbon emissions.

That position is a repudiation of the policies pursued in Australia - policies that will inevitably use

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/tax-carbon-with-no-exemptions-20110616-1g5yn.html#ixzz1PS7rsnoA

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