Authoritarians once taxed Light and Air

[Pogo]

Once more for the slow kid: nuclear power WORKS. Solar and wind is pixie dust and unicorn flatulence.

Still produces more energy than butthurt.

 

[bripat9643]

Why do you think big business is against solar and wind energy.

They aren't profitable.

And if developed to be so, they threaten the profitable status quo.

Big business simply doesn't care where the energy comes from, as long as it's reliable and cost effective.

Solar and wind being neither.

As, say, nucyulur wasn't without the massive subsidies propping it up -- which it still gets.
That's exactly why I said "And if developed to be so". That's part of any infrastructural development that government plays a key role in building.

Horseshit. Oil didn't need huge subsidies to become a huge industry. Neither did coal or natural gas. Nuclear probably didn't even need them, although it did get plenty of them.

 

[Pogo]

They aren't profitable.

And if developed to be so, they threaten the profitable status quo.

Big business simply doesn't care where the energy comes from, as long as it's reliable and cost effective.

Solar and wind being neither.

As, say, nucyulur wasn't without the massive subsidies propping it up -- which it still gets.
That's exactly why I said "And if developed to be so". That's part of any infrastructural development that government plays a key role in building.

Horseshit. Oil didn't need huge subsidies to become a huge industry. Neither did coal or natural gas. Nuclear probably didn't even need them, although it did get plenty of them.

Oh but they did, Finger Boy. And you're using the fruits of those subsidies right now as you read this.

That's right --- you're a Statist.

 

[jon_berzerk]

now they tax rain water

 

[bripat9643]

And if developed to be so, they threaten the profitable status quo.

Big business simply doesn't care where the energy comes from, as long as it's reliable and cost effective.

Solar and wind being neither.

As, say, nucyulur wasn't without the massive subsidies propping it up -- which it still gets.
That's exactly why I said "And if developed to be so". That's part of any infrastructural development that government plays a key role in building.

Horseshit. Oil didn't need huge subsidies to become a huge industry. Neither did coal or natural gas. Nuclear probably didn't even need them, although it did get plenty of them.

Oh but they did, Finger Boy. And you're using the fruits of those subsidies right now as you read this.

That's right --- you're a Statist.

Wrong, moron. The government didn't provide any subsidies to the oil industry or the coal industry until long after WW II. They were both old industries by that time. Furthermore, the federal government receives hundreds of billions in tax revenues and royalties from the oil industry every year. It receives nothing from so-called "green energy."

There are no "fruits" from subsidies. Crony capitalism reduces the total output of the economy, so where's the benefit?

 

[Clementine]

Big Tax Authoritarians don't every teach this 150+ year travesty in public school:

Citizenship

A 'window tax' was first introduced in 1696. It was a tax on light and air; and despite its unpopularity, it was not abolished until 1851. Because houses with more than a certain number of windows were liable to be taxed, house owners often, reluctantly, blocked up windows, and there was a tendency to include fewer windows when new houses were built. Reproduced here is a petition requesting that ministers of the Church of Scotland be exempted from paying the tax, together with the Treasury's reply refusing to grant exemption.

In the United States they started taxing the rain. How long before the "pro-environment" crowd drops this hammer?

Nobody taxes rain....but if you block natural seepage you can be taxed

I think it was California that started taxing people for the rain that went in the gutters. You can't save rain water in a fucking barrel because it's not yours, but they think you should pay for the rain water than runs down the drainage system.

It is only a matter of time before we pay an oxygen tax or a sunlight tax. Nothing is safe when the tax crazy liberals are lusting for more of our money.

I don't think we should ever lose our homes because of taxes. You never really own anything because government doesn't let you. If you fall behind on property taxes, they can sell your property to collect it. It's bullshit. They tax everything and then punish people when they can't afford the taxes.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Big Tax Authoritarians don't every teach this 150+ year travesty in public school:

Citizenship

A 'window tax' was first introduced in 1696. It was a tax on light and air; and despite its unpopularity, it was not abolished until 1851. Because houses with more than a certain number of windows were liable to be taxed, house owners often, reluctantly, blocked up windows, and there was a tendency to include fewer windows when new houses were built. Reproduced here is a petition requesting that ministers of the Church of Scotland be exempted from paying the tax, together with the Treasury's reply refusing to grant exemption.

In the United States they started taxing the rain. How long before the "pro-environment" crowd drops this hammer?

In NH a friend of mine pays a "view tax" because he lives in a scenic area

N.H. Puts a Price on Panoramas