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Frequent flyer tax would punish the rich to tune of €64bn per yearwww.euronews.com/green/2024/10/17/taking-more-than-2-flights-a-year-50-frequent-flyer-tax-could-raise-much-needed-64bn-for-c
93 sats \ 12 comments \ @south_korea_ln 18 Oct news
A levy would keep flights cheap for occasional flyers while making multiple flights in a year much more expensive.
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For the first and second flights taken in a year, a €50 surcharge would be applied to medium-haul and €100 to long-haul, business and first-class flights.
For the third and fourth flights, a €50 levy would be added to every ticket plus an additional €50 surcharge for medium-haul and €100 for longer distances and comfort classes.
For fifth and sixth flights, the levy would rise to €100 per flight, plus the additional surcharges. For seventh and eighth flights the levy would be €200, rising to €400 for every flight thereafter.
Would you reduce your flying habits if it becomes more expensive? As it is targeted at the rich, I'm not sure a 50—to 400 Euro increase will actually have the proclaimed impact other than making more money for the state.
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42 sats \ 6 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 18 Oct
I think the rich would suddenly find an interest in sea cruises! Or maybe even taking a train (private car) to a hiking venue and enjoy it. Aren’t there myriad ways to dodge a tax like this? Don’t they all have tax advisors?
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140 sats \ 5 replies \ @Murch 18 Oct
Reducing flights aligns with the started goal of reducing emissions
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Murch 19 Oct
*stated
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 19 Oct
Thanks!
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 18 Oct
Why should we be reducing emissions, especially carbon dioxide? Why not completely eliminate emissions of Dihydrogen monoxide, instead?
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60 sats \ 1 reply \ @Murch 19 Oct
Because greenhouse gases are contributing to climate change. Not sure what you mean with your question about water emissions.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 19 Oct
Water is a much higher percentage of the atmosphere than carbon dioxide and it is even more of a greenhouse gas. One other point, we are at die-off low levels of carbon dioxide, where all the plants and plankton will just DIE, if we keep up with this insanity about carbon dioxide. One further point, with China ramping up its coal usage (they are already using over 50% of the worlds coal supply) what is the efficacy of reducing our minuscule carbon dioxide usage?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @didiplaywell 18 Oct
As it is targeted at the rich
That's the key of every tax. It initially seems to not to touch you, so people wont notice, but with time it will steadily reach everyone, as inflation allows for the definition of "rich" to reach more and more people. That's why "being rich" is defined via fixed caps which will always be dutifully delayed in their actualization.
So, no. No tax increase is good, ever. Even if seems to not to affect you at first, it will.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @000w2 18 Oct
It doesn't target "the rich". It targets immigrants who have family overseas.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OriginalSize 18 Oct
Already don't fly much because of the TSA. If I could afford to fly enough to pay an extra tax I'd gladly pay. Fuck 'em. I'm neutral on travel anyway.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @rebel_nomad 18 Oct
Fuck these totalitarian freaks!!!
How will they implement it? Hell, I'll never fucking scan my eyeball for a bank, I'll rather bloody swim across the globe, living with street dogs if need be!
No way they'll pull every country, airline and travel agency into this, I'll come & go as I please, in and out of weird, unruly countries...
Good thing I devised this as a long term strategy & tested it out this spring, using Travala to pay, so no banks involved on my side!
Yeah, they'll probably be able to manipulate the slaves in Europistan, but that's it.
Oh, and there is a new ferry soon going from India to Dubai! Been thinking that I might try that one out, now this would even be great content haha ;-)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 18 Oct
They just find other ways to enjoy their holiday.
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