Why Won't Dems Limit How Much Energy Rich Families Can Use? Why Not Limit How Many Houses they can Own to..?

Question

... fight global warming?

Why not put a 200% excise tax on jet fuel if it's pumped into private jets?

Why not put a 200% annual property tax on each private jet?

Why do rich Dems figure that poor, elderly and middle class Americans should be the ones who are burdened to "save the planet?"

Answer 1

believe it or not but German CONSERVATIVES have proposed to adopt a lower taxed minimum amount of energy and instead to have a progressive tax on the electricity bill.

This would ease a minimum cheap access to energy for everyone as a right while excessive consumption per capita would be taxed higher.

The expected result is off course expected changes in behavior as people will be able to save more money on the fraction of energy they can realistically save. It is a way to incentivize the demand elasticity to price.

Answer 2

Their whole argument is that it's fine to pollute the Earth, as long as you're rich.  That's why Gore invented carbon credits.  Credible scientists on Gore's side mostly agree that carbon credits are a sham.

Answer 3

Why not stop bitching about paying more in taxes when they don't really, after their tax lawyers are done?  Most rich people made their money on the backs of the not rich.  Would you rather pay 40% of a million or 0% of 30k?  Give me the million and I won't complain.

Answer 4

Property Rights  

Answer 5

Too many Dems are rich, therefore they will not pass such laws.

Answer 6

I agree, they should try living on a normal budget sometime.

What a bunch of elite ******* they are.

Answer 7

Their leaders (like John Kerry) with resort houses (Sunvalley, ID, in Kerry's case) wouldn't go for it.

Answer 8

Because so many of them fit into that category.