CLIMATE ZEALOTS WANT A ‘MEAT TAX’ - TO MAKE IT TOO EXPENSIVE FOR POOR PEOPLE TO EAT MEAT, IN THE BELIEF THIS WILL STOP BAD WEATHER.
It was just a matter of time. First they came for the Coal fired power stations, then they came for Cars, and now they are coming after the Cows.
Australia’s beef cattle produce more than double the Co2e emissions of Liddell power station. And given we copied Germany’s absurd promotion of wind/solar power - how long until we copy them on Meat Taxes ?
https://www.dw.com/…/germany-meat-tax-on-the-tab…/a-49924795
German politicians from the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens on Wednesday proposed raising the value added tax (VAT) on meat to the standard rate of 19%. Currently, meat is taxed at a reduced rate of 7% like most foodstuffs.
"I am in favor of abolishing the VAT reduction for meat and earmarking it for more animal welfare," said Friedrich Ostendorf, agricultural policy spokesperson for the Greens.
His SPD counterpart Rainer Spieging added that "a meat tax, such as increasing the VAT to 19%, could be a way forward."
