tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36105778.post116220624821807036..comments2022-12-05T07:32:14.373+00:00Comments on The Majority Blog: Global warming and erosion of the bank accountThe Majority Partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16760725958367586963noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36105778.post-1163442068808042722006-11-13T18:21:00.000+00:002006-11-13T18:21:00.000+00:00Taxation has been the government’s response to eve...Taxation has been the government’s response to every problem since the sixteenth century. I used to look back on the likes of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson as a bunch of self righteous tax dodging nincompoops but in the light of the taxation fetish in this country they look remarkably far sighted.<BR/><BR/>I am continually bombarded by enviro-guilt literature informing me that I need to be conscious of my desecration of the environment and must religiously recycle every product I use. I am willing to do so, but where are the recycling bins?; at Brent Cross, conveniently located across a murderous mass of dual carriageways. So to be a good citizen of the earth and recycle I need to own a car which emits around 4.3 tonnes of CO2 a year. Not that this bothers me too much. This idea that we all have a carbon footprint sounds spookily similar to the Calvinist concept of original sin or which I am similarly contemptuous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com