The fantasy land of “Fossil Fuel Subsidies” where even a car accident, a traffic jam are a subsidy - according to the IMF "experts" who want you enslaved to the area you can reach by walking
Posted by freedomforall 1 week, 1 day ago to Government
Excerpt:
"Fossil fuels cause car accidents, congestion and road wear don’t you know?
Unbelievably, other parts of the “80% implicit subsidy block” even include things like the cost of traffic accidents, fatalities, congestion and wear and tear on the roads. Somehow when fossil fuels cause congestion, and we suffer a loss of productivity, that’s an implicit subsidy because the price of fuel was not efficient. (Congestion is when your car gets stuck and slows you down, and “efficiency” is when you spend an hour riding a horse, and 2 hours mucking out the stables?)"
"Fossil fuels cause car accidents, congestion and road wear don’t you know?
Unbelievably, other parts of the “80% implicit subsidy block” even include things like the cost of traffic accidents, fatalities, congestion and wear and tear on the roads. Somehow when fossil fuels cause congestion, and we suffer a loss of productivity, that’s an implicit subsidy because the price of fuel was not efficient. (Congestion is when your car gets stuck and slows you down, and “efficiency” is when you spend an hour riding a horse, and 2 hours mucking out the stables?)"
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- 2Posted by freedomforall 1 week ago in reply to this comment.I'd add: make taking bribes a capital crime. Penalty if found guilty: seizure of all assets and execution.| Permalink
- 2Posted by mccannon01 1 week agoThe last line in the article: "Make these people beg directly to the voters for their salaries. It would end this nonsense in a minute…", indeed, their salaries are a "subsidy" that should be ended. Oh, many of the comments after the article are excellent and entertaining.| Permalink
