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Re:Decades of Air Pollution Undermine the Immune System by legulere on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @01:35AM (#33715932)
Taxes have a bigger effect on the poor, while pollution is caused overwhelmingly by the rich.
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Re:Decades of Air Pollution Undermine the Immune System by WalterBright on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @01:59AM (#33716050)
> pollution is caused overwhelmingly by the rich

Then they'll be the ones overwhelmingly paying the pollution taxes.

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Re:Decades of Air Pollution Undermine the Immune System by chillwaves on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @05:23AM (#33717363)
Because the poor have no resources to tax -- it makes no sense to tax them.

And it doesn't mean the rich will be paying a fair share, just that they will be paying more than the poor.

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Re:Decades of Air Pollution Undermine the Immune System by WalterBright on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @01:29PM (#33722816)
If the taxes on pollution are flat, they are by definition paying their fair share.
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