Colombia's authoritarian president proposes taxes to mitigate climate change (tax on gas, diesel, biofuel, fuel alcohol, & plastic) sparking protests

[basquebromance]

the whole country is protesting in the streets!

Colombians Are in the Streets Against a Violent Neoliberal Order

What began as a massive general strike on April 28 is quickly becoming an open challenge to Colombia’s authoritarian neoliberal order.

jacobinmag.com

 

[theHawk]

When dictators have to enact Democrat policies to be more authoritarian.

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

the whole country is protesting in the streets!

Colombians Are in the Streets Against a Violent Neoliberal Order

What began as a massive general strike on April 28 is quickly becoming an open challenge to Colombia’s authoritarian neoliberal order.

jacobinmag.com

That is so funny. Hopefully they turn mega shit hole.So funny.

 

[Rambunctious]

Joe's not even using that excuse to bankrupt the American workers....

 

[JGalt]

the whole country is protesting in the streets!

Colombians Are in the Streets Against a Violent Neoliberal Order

What began as a massive general strike on April 28 is quickly becoming an open challenge to Colombia’s authoritarian neoliberal order.

jacobinmag.com

Seeing how it takes gas, diesel, biofuel, alcohol, and plastic to make cocaine, someone will probably find his head in a paper sack on the the sidewalk soon.

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[expat_panama]

I love it --ya can't BUY entertainment like this!!

 

[whitehall]

Columbia? The headquarters of the South American drug cartels? Political unrest is a day at the office. Kind of insulting to compare it to the Biden regime, or is it?

 

[Crick]

It's spelled Colombia.

 

[Crick]

Here is a good article on energy reform in Colombia: Achieving CO2 reductions in Colombia: Effects of carbon taxes and abatement targets

 

[AMart]

Taxes levied against the poorest people in Colombia.

 

[Crick]

Colombia's action is a carbon tax to be applied to industries, not individuals. It may well affect prices of some commodities, but the Colombian government is NOT taxing their poor.

https://www.ieta.org/resources/Resources/CarbonMarketBusinessBrief/CarbonMarketBusinessBriefColombia2020.pdf

 

[Crick]

The tax increase proposed by the Colombian government is NOT to pay for global warming mitigation efforts but to cover unexpected costs of the fight against COVID-19. This entire thread is off-topic for this forum and needs to be relocated.