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500 million stealth tax replaces polluter-pays principle
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Monday July 17, 2006 11:29 by Friends of the Earth info at foe dot ie 9 Upper Mount Street, Dublin 2
EPA plan shows true cost of government inaction on Kyoto Friends of the Earth has described the government's climate pollution plan, published on Friday, as " the ultimate stealth tax". It will cost the public at least 2 million a week according to the environmental justice group. The EPA plan estimates the rise in Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions will be twice what is allowed under the Kyoto Protocol from 2008 to 2012 or, put another way, an average of 7 million tonnes of excess pollution a year[1]. Every tonne of this overshoot will have to be offset by an emissions permit. The government is assuming permit prices will remain steady at around 15 a tonne giving a total cost to Ireland of 105 million a year or 2 million a week for five years[2]. And it doesn't stop there. Permit prices have touched highs of 30 a tonne in the past. At that price the cost to consumers and taxpayers would skyrocket to over 1 billion. |
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Jump To Comment: 1Yet another example of this governments total lack of respect for justice or equality. We are slowly being stripped of all of our civil and human rights. Hallibuton part of the American War machine is building the Port Tunnel, at 3 times the projected cost to the tax payer. Charlie Haughey who robbed the Irish people blind, is given a state funeral.
The NRA through the SIB is being given the power to bulldose through our ancient Irish Heritage, in order to construct toll roads, again taxing the people and restricting our freedom of movement.
The divide between rich and poor is widening alarmingly quicker. It is a case of the Haves, the Have Nots and the Have Lots. Unsurprisingly, the majority of the 'Have Lots' can be found sipping champagne with Bertie and his FFcronies, at the galway races, or busily planning their next assault and robbery of the Irish People.
For hundreds of years the ordinary people of this once great Nation fought against foreign tyrannical forces, and won, after much sacrafice and bloodloss.
It breaks my heart to witness what we have replaced them with.
MAY GOD FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO.