<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/7/18 Zbigniew Łukasiak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zzbbyy@gmail.com" target="_blank">zzbbyy@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Richard Stallman <<a href="mailto:rms@gnu.org">rms@gnu.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> [ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider<br>
> [ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,<br>
> [ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example.<br>
><br>
> > Oil extraction is a business. Any business can be taxed for this<br>
> > purpose.<br>
><br>
> Taxing oil companies brings energy prices up.<br>
><br>
> Indeed, it does that, and that is a useful secondary benefit<br>
> since it can encourage society to shift to renewable energy.<br>
> The effects of global heating can destroy civilization<br>
> and are likely to wipe out most of the species on Earth.<br>
<br>
</div>This gets a bit off-topic - but it is quite interesting how raising<br>
energy and transportation prices seem to be a kind of political taboo<br>
in many countries. I for one would welcome petrol prices high enough<br>
to reduce traffic, congestion is a pure waste.<br></blockquote><div><br><br>But transportation taxes also rises the prices of food (unless you can
assure everybody can get the food without transportation- we know that is
impossible in big cities), thus elevating the quantity of money you
need to for the basic income <br><br></div><div>Betiel<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im"><br>
Z.<br>
><br>
> However, other businesses can be taxed too.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Dr Richard Stallman<br>
> President, Free Software Foundation<br>
> 51 Franklin St<br>
> Boston MA 02110<br>
> USA<br>
> <a href="http://www.fsf.org" target="_blank">www.fsf.org</a> <a href="http://www.gnu.org" target="_blank">www.gnu.org</a><br>
> Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.<br>
> Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call.<br>
><br>
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