Speaking of Europe(nice segway huh),Heres a fresh flash from a link at AoS:
Dec. 30 (Bloomberg)—France’s constitutional court rejected a proposed tax on carbon emissions, saying a web of exemptions violated the principal of equality and rendered efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions ineffective. (SOUNDS GOOD at 1st BUT)
The government said it will make new proposals on Jan. 20.(If at first you dont succeed etc.)
The tax, which would have started on Jan. 1, was set at 17 euros ($24.38) per ton of carbon-dioxide emissions, President Nicolas Sarkozy said in September. To make the tax more palatable, he partially or fully exempted power plants, public transport, airlines, farming and fishing, as well as 1,018 older cement, steel and glass factories.
In all, 93 percent of all industrial carbon emissions in France would have avoided paying the full tax, the constitutional court said in a decision published on its Web site. The tax would have fallen disproportionately on fuel for heating and cars, it said. ( Did Sarkozy channel Ben Nelson?)
OK, Back to our regular scheduled Rants.
I try to avoid getting sucked into NWO conspiracy theories but I do find it disturbing that a non US police authority has been given effective immunity from prosecution. Why?
Excellent follow up. Outstanding.
I wonder if Ian Fleming knew about this when he wrote the james bond series.Kinda kills the theme of our beloved 007 dont it.
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