<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=581266" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Unintended Consequences</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A country typically raises a trade barrier to protect its own <br>So that they can compete more, not against foreigners, <br>but those at home. <br>While an airport carbon tax serves nothing like this <br>For it is simply a tax, no more or less. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now landing fees seem justified if you think about it <br>Cause they're about use of the airport as managers see fit. <br>But a carbon tax gives neither relief nor pain <br>As it is there for one purpose only, revenue to gain. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Will the air be cleaner with the imposition of tax? <br>Hardly, for the objective has nothing about it in fact. <br>So with travel to Europe lagging behind <br>Because, the economy's in a bind, <br>Exemptions and exceptions are what all have in mind. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">As airplanes spew forth pollution in greater amounts <br>The Tax Mongers see only the balance sheet, as what counts. <br>Would not the better solution for all - <br>Reduce travel is the call? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And knowing it or not, that is exactly what they are doing!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Sidi+J.+Mahtrow">Sidi J. Mahtrow</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=581266" data-title="Unintended Consequences de Sidi J. Mahtrow" data-description="A country typically raises a trade barrier to protect its own So that they can compete more, not against foreigners, but those at home. While an airport carbon tax serves nothing like this For it is simply a tax, no more or less. Now landing..."></div> </div> </div>

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