That's the single paragraph I referred to.
Have you read anything that suggests green taxes are crippling UK manufacturing?
Through the renewable energy scheme, companies up and down the country face an energy bill that is 20% higher than it would be on the free market. You don't have to read anything to put two and two together and say that, actually, it is an unnecessary cost on our companies, especially the smaller ones, who now struggle, even more, to compete globally.
And for individuals, using the figure of £300,000/year in subsidizing every wind turbine, it means that British people pay a bill that is around 15% higher than it would be on the free market. And we have to do it to meet EU benchmarks.
And what is this supposed to mean? That the treasurer of an organisation is not the one who handles the finances? The the CEO/Director/Executive is to take up an accountancy course so that he is able to micromanage every transaction?
Okay..
Well at least we can agree that we don't want Labour in power. I would take UKIP before Labour but the worst thing that could possibly happen is another five years of the Tories and that seems to be what we'll get if UKIP wins any seats.
Well if the Conservatives win the G.E., then they were going to win anyway. And remember, we don't want Labour to win, so UKIP getting a large share of the vote and forming a coalition, under the right conditions, is a step up over an Ed Millipede government.
I'm fortunate enough to live in Scotland where there will be some shielding from the ideological assault on the common good, but England and Wales can probably kiss what's left of their NHS goodbye and forget about social saftey nets under the Tories.
I believe that after the T.V. debates take place (if Mr. Cameron is not chicken), and Nigel Farage wins it, UKIP's share of the vote will shoot up at the expense of Conservative/Labour votes. Anything could happen.
And remember, it's not about how many seats a party holds, but what share of the vote they hold.
Economics talks about 'externalities' which include pollutants expelled into the environment.
Externality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In terms of carbon taxation, companies who are forced to pay for carbon emissions are merely being asked to cover the costs of production rather than pass it on to society.
Currently we find no evidence, in this country, that pollution affects the public health on a large scale.
The smog storms that we find around the country are due to the winds from the Saharan, Spanish, and African storms
