Re:EU draft exempts private jets, cargo from jet fuel tax
by jbay808 on Thursday July 08, 2021 @02:43PM
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The wealthy class are, presumably, wealthy enough to pay the carbon tax and still enjoy the perks and privileges of private jets though? It's not like they're being exempted from a ban on flying private jets, but rather a tax on them. Their wealth itself was already their ticket to perks and privilege, because it lets them pay the tax.
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Re:EU draft exempts private jets, cargo from jet fuel tax
by pas on Friday July 09, 2021 @06:16PM
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Wealth has a tendency to manage regulations to keep said wealth. Hence tax exemptions, subsidies, etc.
Re:EU draft exempts private jets, cargo from jet fuel tax
by tasogare on Thursday July 08, 2021 @03:04PM
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GP is right. The real point of carbon-tax (and the heavy promotion of global warming) is not to address the underlying issue but to extract wealth from the 99.9% and redirect it to the riches. Any other occasions will be used as such: for example recently the covid was used to kill small businesses and fed the big corporations, which stock rised hugely.