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by garym
Where do I sign up?
Later,
Gary
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Apr 30 '07
9:32 pm PDT
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Re: You will be doubly... (Reply to this comment)
by gaviidae
Hi Vasilis. I'm encouraged that we have found something about which we apparently agree!
I think the general subject of subsidies and taxation is in need of significant reform in the US---and COULD be done in a way that would make a major contribution to carbon withdrawal and conservation of resources generally!
I don't see any reasonable alternative to the present large scale collaboration between government and global corporations---which some call "Modern Capitalism"; others call "Corporateism"; and still others want to call "Fascism". But---a rose by any other name---etc---.
Thanks for looking in. I appreciate your comment!
Gavia
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Apr 10 '07
4:55 pm PDT
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You will be doubly... (Reply to this comment)
by lammet
uncomfortable as I think this idea -in spite of many practical difficulties- is much more feasible than your original which, may I remind, would need corporations to self-regulate. Sign me up too Gavia.
-Vasilis
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Apr 10 '07
9:18 am PDT
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Re: Gavia: (Reply to this comment)
by gaviidae
Hi Alex---and thanks for stopping by!
You said: Yours IS a truly radical idea.
As I said, it's not MYidea but one being proposed by many liberals and ecologists---and it is indeed radical, but a good idea, IMO---
What you are saying is that there would be no regulation, no government, and no services -- except, perhaps, local ones.
Nope, Alex, that's not at all what I am saying. Perhaps I should have stressed more that this transition needs to be carried out in a way that is essentially "revenue neutral"---neither increasing nor decreasing the net federal tax revenue.
[From your gated castle, would you allow local taxes to be collected by your liegemen?]
I Haven't suggested any change in present local tax policies. Did you actually read what I wrote, Alex??
Let's make that famous playing field really level.
Have you read Friedman's "The World Is Flat"? That radical NYT journalist believes it's happening!
---the latest Belgian report on Climate Change will be doubly borne out:----
Suggest you read that report VERY carefully, Alex! There are some very definite pluses and minuses! But for sure, we need to invest in adaptation---as well as Curtailing Carbon!
Well, done, Gavia. Sign me up.
I'm VERY uncomfortable to find us on the same side---but that's how it is when something that actually makes sense!
Gavia
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Apr 06 '07
6:22 pm PDT
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Gavia: (Reply to this comment)
by macresarf1
Yours IS a truly radical idea. You put yourself squarely in the camps of Marx and Kropotkin. Except that they would eliminate the corporation, too.
What you are saying is that there would be no regulation, no government, and no services -- except, perhaps, local ones. [From your gated castle, would you allow local taxes to be collected by your liegemen?]
I say, let's try it, if we eliminate the Corporation, as a legal entity, also.
Let's make that famous playing field really level. Otherwise, the latest Belgian report on Climate Change will be doubly borne out: The weight of drought, rising seas, tornadoes, typhoons, lack of potable water, etc, is going to fall most catastrophically on the poor of the World.
Well, done, Gavia. Sign me up.
Alex
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Apr 06 '07
11:42 am PDT
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