how does such a tax address the basic inequities involved? If I get lung cancer because I am downwind from the smokestack you don't have pollution controls on because you don't want to spend the money, it is small consolation that there is a tax on this...
On 1/25/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Denny wrote: > > Yup. I don't think capitalism alone will solve these particular problems > > (pollution, whathaveyou). > > It can and does, you just have to have policy that prices in long term > costs (what Dana calls "externality"). > > A good example of this is the carbon tax. It says that you can use > whatever types of resources make sense for your business, but it > "pre-adds" in the costs of, say, Global Warming, which otherwise > wouldn't be part of the cost of, say, CFC containing Styrofoam. > > Such a tax is equitable as it applies to all market players. > > You can do complicated things with this too like exempt a company > that, say, provides resources to 3rd World countries that would > otherwise have to use CFCs so that the company can get a small share > of the carbon usage. It's a win-win. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:225959 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
