Letter From Kirby Mountain Road

The World Baby Tax

        The global warming enviros have come up with yet another wonderful idea to save the planet from Al Gore’s Heat Death.  It’s a baby tax.
       Professor Barry Walters of the University of West Australia wants families to pay a $5000 "baby levy" at each child’s birth, plus an annual carbon tax of up to $800 a child. This, he says, is an application of the enviros’ “polluter pays” principle.
        Walters said that every couple with more than two children should be taxed to pay for enough trees to offset the carbon emissions generated over each child's lifetime. He said that condoms and sterilisation procedures should also qualify to earn carbon credits.
    Now there’s an opportunity for Vermont to cash in with Gov. Douglas’s new Vermont Green Standard for carbon credits. The Australian government forces people to buy carbon credits for having children, and we sell them the credits in return for certifying that Vermonters are being sterilized and using condoms. Maybe we can find a way to sell Green Standard credits for certifying Vermonters who are shivering in the dark.

John McClaughry, Ethan Allen Institute

(apologies for the earlier typo in the title.)

Comments

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Very thoughtful analysis. It seems the Ethan Allen Institute is taking a cue from the O'Reilly Factor when it comes to analysis. Did you go to the Kennedy School with Bill-O?

With all the hot air blowing on the Governor's Green Standard, I don't think Vermonters will be shivering much in the dark. They will, however, be busy digging out from a complete snow job.

Republican or Democrat, we deserve better leadership than this on climate change in this state.

We also deserve a higher level of discourse from so-called 'think tanks.'

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