{"id":92,"date":"2017-12-30T01:12:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T01:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rescuetheworld.net\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2019-01-13T19:44:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T19:44:21","slug":"sustainability-tax","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rescuetheworld.net\/?page_id=92","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Zero Tax on Sustainables &#8211; High Tax on Fossil Fuels, etc. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>&#8220;Carbon tax does not need to be additive &#8211; it can be used to offset and lower taxes on sustainable choices.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Carbon Dividends &#8211; a Conservative View;<\/strong><\/span> Janet Yellin, former head of the federal reserve, says carbon tax is the most efficient means to handle climate change. The conservative think tank, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clcouncil.org\/\" target=\"blanl\">Climate Leadership Council CLC<\/a>, want to see carbon tax paid out as dividends to consumers. T<\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\">he CLC website says<\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\"> rebating all carbon fees directly to the people is the most equitable and politically-viable climate solution. <\/span><br \/>\n.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>The Nobel Prize in Economics<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #003366;\">was awarded to William Nordhaus in 2018, for modelling the financial aspects of climate change. Nordhaus also has identified carbon tax and \/ or carbon dividends, as the most efficient way to modify capitalism in order to address climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Jump to:<\/span> <a href=\"#reason\">Rationale<\/a><\/strong> <strong>or <a href=\"\/solutions\/benefits-of-10-gas\">Benefits of $10 gas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>LOW (or ZERO) LEVELS of TAXATION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Sustainable use of a Renewable Resource<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Recycling of essential materials<br \/>\n&#8211; glass and steel now, lithium in future<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Forestry with replanting and remediation of erosion<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Low carbon, low water agriculture<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear, hydro power<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Electric vehicles and transportation,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\">including farm equipment<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Medical and educational services<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">High effciency construction<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rescuetheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/criket-greens.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jump to: <a href=\"#reason\">Rationale<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>MODERATE LEVELS of TAXATION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Basic consumer goods, or building materials<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Pharmaceuticals and health aids<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Communications infrastructure and devices<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Service industries, such a restaurants<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Railroads and shipping<\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rescuetheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/house-phone.jpg\" width=\"376\" height=\"81\" \/><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jump to: <a href=\"#reason\">Rationale<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>HIGH LEVELS of TAXATION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">For all Non- Renewable Resource extraction and consumption,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Mining, oil and gas production and transport<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Industries that pollute indiscriminately<\/span><br \/>\n.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Non-physical activity, such as banking, insurance,<br \/>\nand financial instruments.<\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Advertising, entertainment and legal services<\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Manufacturing and sale of luxury goods<\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Airlines and trucking operations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rescuetheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/energy-carbon5.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"63\" \/><br \/>\n<a name=\"reason\"><\/a><br \/>\n___________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">RATIONALE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">The goal is to move commerce in the direction of a Sustainable Planet. With tax schemes above, entrepreneurial persons will want to move toward low tax \/ higher profit businesses. Raising some taxes and lowering others makes it tax neutral to the consumer, who will continue to make choices with their wallets.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Conversely, the businesses which polute the planet, and destroy its non-renewable resources, while generating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, should be paying for that damage. This extends the concept of carbon taxes and meat taxes to everything. The goal is to make destructive activities expensive!! The marketplace will take care of the rest.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Worried about the impact on the consumer?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\">It won&#8217;t be so bad. See<\/span> <strong><a href=\"\/solutions\/benefits-of-10-gas\">Benefits of $10 gas<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\">For some ideas on how to participate in a shift to Sustainability Tax in economic principles, please see the page on<\/span> <a href=\"\/solutions#tax\">SOLUTIONS.<\/a> <span style=\"color: #003366;\">Ethical or sustainable capitalism is defined there as a combination of global sustainability tax and global human rights in the workplace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#top\">Return to the top<\/a><\/p>\n<p>______<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rescuetheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tax-solution.jpg\" width=\"348\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">BIOCAPACITY<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003366;\">Everything is driven by commerce, so why not use financial motivations to create a Sustainable Planet? Focus on GDP growth needs to shift to growth in Bio Capacity. In business, <strong>&#8220;what gets measured, get&#8217;s done&#8221;.<\/strong> We must change the measures of success.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zero Tax on Sustainables &#8211; High Tax on Fossil Fuels, etc. &#8220;Carbon tax does not need to be additive &#8211; it can be used to offset and lower taxes on sustainable choices.&#8221;\u00a0 Carbon Dividends &#8211; a Conservative View; Janet Yellin, former head of the federal reserve, says carbon tax is the most efficient means to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rescuetheworld.net\/?page_id=92\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sustainability Tax<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":921,"parent":0,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-92","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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