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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4I agree that double-taxation is wrong, so how do we incorporate the "polluter pays" principle into our single-taxation system? Surely the easiest way is that everyone pays a flat basic rate and then those with additional rubbish pay by the bin. Would you agree that this is not double-taxation?
This keeps cropping up. The argument has been hashed out 100 times. This campaign is a single issue one.
If you want to set up a campaign along the lines you have suggested then go ahead.
Yes, the campaign is single issue, but the website (see related link) has some stuff about recycling etc.
That big discussion on "polluter pays" principle on Indymedia can be found at:
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=60592
It should cover most of your questions.
from the packaging and the distribution of the packaging. If Ireland as a society wishes to discouraged the volume of waste then charging every supermarket and manufacturer a levy based on their packaging will discourage it. This might very well be passed on to the consumer in increased prices however. Something has got to give and I don't see why it should be the salaries of hard-working families that are already paying for waste disposal. ( I just finished a hike on the Wicklow Way during which I picked up rubbish littering the trail and ended up with two bags of coke cans, crisp packets and energy drink bottles. Makes me wonder why the "outdoors enthusiasts" didn't stay at home in their own filth).