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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago

Private jets are awful for the climate. It’s time to tax the rich who fly in them | US Senator Edward J Markey

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Private jets are awful for the climate. It’s time to tax the rich who fly in them | US Senator Edward J Markey

www.theguardian.com

silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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Private jets are awful for the climate. It’s time to tax the rich who fly in them | Edward J Markey
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Private flights pollute up to 14 times more than commercial ones – yet are taxed less. Let’s change that
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    Clarence Thomas says that the constitution doesn’t give the government the right to regulate private jets.

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      Read: rich people are above the law

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