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> How will this be paid for? > This crisis is a profit-price spiral caused by wholesale gas and oil producers. There should be no more public subsidies for pro
by assbuttbuttass 4y ago
> How will this be paid for?
> This crisis is a profit-price spiral caused by wholesale gas and oil producers. There should be no more public subsidies for profiteering. Gas and oil companies should pay for this crisis in its entirety via their record profits.
- anovikov 4y agoThis can be looked into and maybe a windfall profit tax is a good idea. In any case, for a country where the rich still spend their money inside not siphon it outside (plus lots and lots of other countries' rich bring in theirs to spend), it's like moving from one pocket to another. There will not be any net change in the economy.
- simondotau 4y agoBut any such tax would merely be passed onto the consumer and exacerbate the existing problem.
- nradov 4y agoShould gas and oil companies also receive special tax rebates in years when their profits are low? And how would you propose to make gas and oil companies based in foreign countries pay?
- rblatz 4y agoThen demand won’t drop, and energy will run out.