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silence7 ( silence7@slrpnk.net ) M to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 years ago

Private jets are awful for the climate. It’s time to tax the rich who fly in them | US Senator Edward J Markey

www.theguardian.com

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Private jets are awful for the climate. It’s time to tax the rich who fly in them | US Senator Edward J Markey

www.theguardian.com

silence7 ( silence7@slrpnk.net ) M to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 years ago
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Private jets are awful for the climate. It’s time to tax the rich who fly in them | Edward J Markey
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Private flights pollute up to 14 times more than commercial ones – yet are taxed less. Let’s change that
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  • neptune ( neptune@dmv.social ) 
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    Would be great to aggressively and progressively tax every wasteful thing rich people do. Yachts. Third homes. Private jets.

    If it’s something rich people do? Need to tell their lobbyists to STFU and double the tax rate on it.

  • BarrelAgedBoredom ( BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee ) 
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    Let’s ban them instead. If they’re poisoning our atmosphere so much and it’s purely for luxury/convenience then we shouldn’t have them at all

  • angelsomething ( angelsomething@lemmy.one ) 
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    Wait. We don’t?

    • silence7 ( silence7@slrpnk.net ) OP
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      We do, just at a lower rate than flying on a commercial flight.

      • The Cuuuuube ( Cube6392@beehaw.org ) 
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        Socialism for the rich. Capitalism for the rest of us

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  • gk99 ( gk99@beehaw.org ) 
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    No, we should ban the usage of them. You do not need a private jet to conduct business, especially in the age of Zoom meetings.

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    Stop posting the same low effort stuff everywhere. Post on one instance/magazine/community and start an actual discussion. Why are you karma farming? This isn’t reddit.

    • The Cuuuuube ( Cube6392@beehaw.org ) 
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      Why are you angry someone wants to provide a conversation starter to multiple communities where its relevant? If you see something you’ve already read and you don’t want to read it again it takes less than a second to keep scrolling, or to change the sorting algorithm you’re using

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      Some people aren’t subbed to all communities so there’s benefit to reposting the same article to multiple communities.

    • grte ( grte@lemmy.ca ) 
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      Go whine to the devs for including a crosspost functionality.

    • Catoblepas ( Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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      I checked and I only see one cross post of this article from OP?

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    Clarence Thomas says that the constitution doesn’t give the government the right to regulate private jets.

    • pizzaiolo ( pizzaiolo@slrpnk.net ) 
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      Read: rich people are above the law

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    Time for a capita tax.

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    air travel for businesses should be made non-deductable on taxes. that will make companies think twice about weather or not that international meeting could have just been a zoom call

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