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But their mega yachts are subject to the same rules and regulations as regular yachts no? As long as they pay for their resource consumption just like the rest
by cinntaile 5y ago
But their mega yachts are subject to the same rules and regulations as regular yachts no? As long as they pay for their resource consumption just like the rest of us, I don't see why we need different rules for them.
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- andrepd 5y agoYachts, mega or not, are an insulting waste of resources. Here I am, paying near 2€ per litre of gas, subject to a Pigovian tax, which imposes real hardships on people who earn poor wages and rely on their car for commuting. Yet no such sacrifices are demanded of the super-rich, which consume as many resources as 100s of "plebs". Sorry, that doesn't sit well with me.
- cinntaile 5y agoEveryone, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, in your country is paying €2 per litre though? Unless you have tanking cards as a tax benefit so that your gas can be free as some countries have but that's just pure madness imo :P Resource consumption is highly correlated to disposable income, so the only way to fix this as I see it would be to impose ever higher taxes on higher incomes to even out the differences? Do you have a different solution to this problem?