Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall
by raverbashing on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @12:58PM
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This sounds like a better plan, too bad it won't happen
This tax will just go to cover deficit or to pay the exceptional privileges of the government employees including French railways which go on strike more often than not.
But surely, alienating the common people is the way to go...
Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall
by skosch on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @01:11PM
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I don't know about France, but this model is now reality in (at least part of) Canada, and the US has a bill before the House [0]. It's the only politically viable way of implementing carbon pricing.
Re:France to tax flights from its airports, airline shares fall
by lm28469 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @01:11PM
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> This tax will just go to cover deficit or to pay the exceptional privileges of the government employees
"just", well france is the definition of a welfare state so if it "just" helps cover the deficit mostly caused by our social security system it's already quite good.
Right – tax them too, and distribute the revenue back to households. That way it's not a regressive tax, but a wealth transfer from heavy polluters to regular folks who are bearing the indirect costs of the climate crisis.