• Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    18 hours ago

    One point where global taxation would make a lot of sense would be aviation fuel. It is tax-free due to an international treaty from 1940, and contributes a lot to pollution. Using such a tax for climate action items would be a double win!

  • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
    141·
    1 day ago

    It’s always former “leaders” that are calling for good policies. When they are in power they are happy to fuck everyone over.

    • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
      21·
      22 hours ago

      It’s easier to say stuff because taking these sort of action is most of the time politically suicide, the opposition will drum it up as a bad move that hurt everyone. It take someone with very strong political will and leadership to put these sort of policies ahead.

        • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
          11·
          19 hours ago

          I mean, yeah, you can enact a radical policy, and then lose the next round to the right leaning party and then they retract back everything you enacted, making the overall result worst. Whoops.

            • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
              11·
              12 hours ago

              I do look around and see a tons of idiots that will bring the country or even the world down so their status quo will not be affected. And i do see a lot of good policy being shot down because it challenged the status quo, and also do see political party falls because the good thing they do will only bear fruits a couples of years later. I’m actually seeing one happening the next election. I also witnessed a strong political party taking the back seat instead of taking more leadership role, because their skin colour and birthright doesn’t match the majority.

              My opinion isn’t formed because i think we’re in a good spot, it’s formed based on what happened in reality.

              • chiocciola@lemmy.cafeEnglish
                1·
                10 hours ago

                It was a yes or a no question. Dodging it is kinda odd. Are you that kind of person who can’t answer a yes or no question because deep down it gives you pleasure not giving people what they want?

                • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
                  1·
                  4 hours ago

                  I don’t answer yes or no for complex question. Dense person tends to like complex thing boils down to just a yes or no, and i don’t take command from you. Why so hostile?

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      Our Carbon Benefit has been a tax-and-lift programme featuring heavily in national polling for the better part of a decade.

      It’s a fossil fuel tax. It was pitched by a leader in power. “Always”? I think not.

      Plot twist: the demented flatlanders were weaponized by their USA oil-barons via our conservative party, and it’s probably gonna be a memory after next election.

      The earth won’t be fixed before I die. For some people that means they don’t support anything to blunt or (please god) revert the damage because they’re selfish. These are the people you’re voting against.