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TomDaisy

(2,120 posts) Fri Jun 11, 2021, 08:42 PM Jun 2021

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"Dirty air is a tax." [View all]

"Dirty water is a tax."

Forcing taxpayers to foot the bill to clean up corporate pollution --- and to pay for the associated negative health impacts from environmental pollution -- IS a tax.

I'm always playing with potential new messaging.

What do you think?

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"Dirty air is a tax." [View all] TomDaisy Jun 2021 OP

Absolutely tax. Kid Berwyn Jun 2021 #1

Well put. And the average person cannot afford to condition and purify their air nor live in the c-rational Jun 2021 #2

good point. disproportionate effects on poor communities TomDaisy Jun 2021 #3

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