IF ONLY THE REALLY INTELLIGENT, well educated people would run for office, participate in politics, direct their intellects towards the common good. You'll have to agree that the lawyers have had their chance, and that the results leave something to be desired. What we have is a complicated, legalistic, angry, paranoid society, under attorney at law oversight.
The actors, for that matter, have had their chance as well; dramatic displays of emotion to manipulate people do not supply answers to common problems as well as logic, and reason, well applied.
A current example is our refusal, as a society, to enact a carbon tax. IN america, we are using a morass of laws and regulations to accomplish what a simply carbon tax would do immediately; raise the cost of carbon emissions, reduce the emissions, and stimulate sustainable energy research and development.
The brilliaint part of this plan is that the money raised from carbon taxes could be pumped right back into the economy, by being returned to the people, in the form of tax cuts in other areas, thus stimulating the economy while reducing carbon based global warming energy sources, like oil, coal, and natural gas.
the idea is almost so obvious, too obvious to be taken seriously. Its too simple, and there are too few, if any, drawbacks. So, of course we can't do it. Alas, if only the lawyers would listen to the scientists and economists.
Why not give teh scientists, the academicians, an opportunity to govern america, for once? The problem is, people like that are usually smart enough to not want any involvement in politics. Fracking, drilling for oil, mining coal, are all well and good, given demand. The trick is to reduce demand, and provide incentives to move to sustainable energy sources.
All this could be done with a single line of new tax
No comments:
Post a Comment