Things you’ll never see on the CBC: Swiss voters Sunday overwhelmingly rejected an initiative that would have scrapped the Alpine country’s value-added-tax system and replaced it with a carbon tax. Roughly 92% of voters opposed the initiative while 8% supported the measure.
wowsers…i thought that would be a natural..
save carbon and make it up by stopping another tax..
of course ,carbon would end up puttng a tax on
everything..
food ,housing, living ..etc..
No surprise, considering the ruling government told voters to reject the proposal. It would have created fiscal chaos by scrapping the VAT, which in any case is a more stable revenue base for the government. The lopsided vote was about the economics of VAT, and about the ruling coalition asserting its dominance over an opposition party.
So now Switzerland is left with only its existing carbon tax, in-house cap-and-trade scheme, and commitment to meeting its Kyoto targets in 2020. Nice example!
Whats realy needed is a HOT AIR TAX to be paid by those who produce it like Liberal Politicians,Enviroemntalists leaders,Enviromentalists activists,the United Nations and Various world leaders(Obama,Prince Charles etc)and the makers of Windturbines,and solar mirrors
Roy Green often talks about the ability of the Swiss electorate to overrule any piece of legislation. This is a beautiful thing.
One can only hope that the upcoming referendum on BC’s Translink tax increase will result in a similarly large defeat.
GST = Global Snow Tax?
Didn’t hear about it either, and I never listen to CBC.
other things you don’t see on the CBC. even the conservative low number is as high as the lieberal high number
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Switzerland to Greenpeace GO AWAY