Why should we pay for the beliefs of others?
14th April 2009
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I was intrigued to note when I bought a £216 air ticket to New York that an additional £80 was charged in tax introduced to combat global warming, When I got home it was reported that 5,000 more UK companies, from banks to hotels, are faced with a yearly cost of £660 million to buy “carbon credits” under the EU’s “emissions trading scheme” (ETS).
Doubtless the believers in global warming are quite happy to pay thousands of pounds a year for their faith. But for the rest of us this is all the most shameless excuse for stealing our money since they put a tax on windows.
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