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Pseudo-Legalese

Two of the largest industries, petroleum and timber, use limited natural resources. These industries also produce a wide variety of disposable products, which should be regarded as a throw-back in this age of "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle."

To discourage the use and production of disposables, a tax shall be levied against the purchase of disposable products for which nondisposable alternatives are available. It is believed that to be effective this tax must be at least 10%.

Schedule A Schedule B Dining establishments shall be exempt from tax on Schedule B items, and shall instead receieve tax credits for using alternatives equal to the calculated liability of their Schedule B tax not to exceed n% of their total tax liability.

Epilogue

While the author does not condone the seperation and exemption of Schedule B, this would likely not pass without such a rider. Perhaps another rider, limiting the number of times this exemption could be exercised might be attached.

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Ecological Tax Reform

Some suggest we switch from taxing things we value, such as income, to things we wish to prevent, such as pollution. That is, replace income taxes with carbon and other pollution taxes. Some European countries have made efforts along these lines.