That's about the extra charge.
TheStar.com - News - Greens' climate plan sees 12-cent tax at the pumpsYeah. Sure you will. Politician - reducing taxes? Raise in one area, lower in another? More likely 'raise in one area - and did you expect us to really lower taxes?'OTTAWA–The Green party wants Canadian drivers to pay an extra 12 cents a litre at the gas pumps as the price of averting environmental "catastrophe."
Leader Elizabeth May is boasting that her party is the only one politically brave enough to call for carbon taxes that would discourage automobile use and finance other tax cuts that would allow consumers to make smarter environmental choices.
"Right now, the Green Party of Canada is the only Canadian political party prepared to state this obvious reality," May said yesterday. "We will use those carbon taxes to reduce taxes elsewhere."
Can't wait until they try this here. I'm sure the people will be glad to pay more for gas, with a promise of reduced taxes elsewhere. Of course, you can't actually spend a promise, and it's more important that the promise be made than the promise be kept, right?
J.
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Now as soon as they connect up that breathing causes carbon dioxide... well! I'm sure the eco-friendly folks wouldn't mind getting rid of a spare lung... cut down that human caused carbon dioxide real fast... even faster if they would give up *both* lungs, of course.
"Giving two lungs to save the gay baby whales for Jesus from global warming." - suitably engraved on a headstone, of course.
Posted by ajacksonian | June 7, 2007 8:39 PM
Posted on June 7, 2007 20:39