International trade agreements would probably prevent us from putting taxes on imports.
Bob Mowbray Tropical Forest Ecologist -------------- Original message from Kelly Stettner <[email protected]>: -------------- > Hmmm, Amartya...you bring up lots of good points again! > Isn't Sony a Japanese corporation? Maybe with US offices, but I thought > they (along with many technology firms) are Asian-based? Couldn't the US > slap them with an import tax geared toward recycling fees? Or do our > administrations look the other way because 1) we love the technology and 2) > we all "just need to get > along"? > The financial incentive to recycle that you speak of could happen here, on > a > grassroots level rather than on a federal one. :-) > > Cheers, > Kelly > > Black River Action Team (BRAT) > 45 Coolidge Road > Springfield, VT 05156 > http://www.blackriveractionteam.org
