The Carbon Poll Tax

Last night I finished my post with the common phrase;

"If they could tax the air we breathe they would."

(Oh and it was a new series of Only Connect for the record :D)

Now it's my opinion that the whole carbon tax issue is part of the onward march towards globalism or one-world-ism. In the short term it's designed to harmonise and meld together the economic policies of individual countries. In the longer term I suspect it will act as the ultimate poll tax. Where every individual is taxed according to their "carbon footprint".

I'm saying poll tax, a poll tax is a fixed tax that everyone pays regardless of income. So that might not quite be the best moniker, nor description of how it works. In fact, I'm not entirely sure how it will work exactly. Either way though I imagine it will be a tax encompassing all things that are taxable, and used to weigh each and every single individual.

The electricity you use - well, that has a carbon footprint. The food you eat - a carbon footprint too. The journeys you make - likewise, a carbon footprint. Every action and product can be measured in carbon.

We even breathe out carbon dioxide of course. Is that added to our overall personal and taxable carbon footprint? "Surely not, don't be silly" you say.

However, they're already stating that we shouldn't be eating meat because the emissions from cows are contributing to climate change (!)

Now personally I don't believe this and think it's just more silly propaganda (I'm a vegetarian so I won't be losing any sleep over it anyhow). Either way though if they're counting cow's farts then why not human breath. After all the logic is the same. There are just so many cows - it all adds up. With 8 billion humans it must also add up too.

So in summary, a one world government, where everyone is measured by their carbon use. What a nice tidy system. How fortunate we are to have a "climate crisis" to push us all in this glorious direction. It couldn't have been planned in a boardroom better.

..now just ask the question; where do Extinction Rebellion get their funding?