Re:Swiss narrowly reject tax hike to fight climate change
by globular-toast on Monday June 14, 2021 @06:55AM
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People are still confident that this won't be a problem until after they are dead, so they'll continue to extract as much as they possibly can from the earth while they are still here. Nobody voluntarily downgrades their lifestyle.
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Re:Swiss narrowly reject tax hike to fight climate change
by bellyfullofbac on Monday June 14, 2021 @07:21AM
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It would've been interesting if someone could choose the date of the referendum, imagine holding it after a summer heatwave with news reports of fish dying because the water in their habitat got too hot...
Re:Swiss narrowly reject tax hike to fight climate change
by lasftew on Monday June 14, 2021 @07:49AM
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Our last parliamentary election in Fall 2019 led to a sweeping victory of green parties [1], as the summer 2019 was extremely dry and hot.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-election-idUSKBN1WY...