While St. Greta harangues the world, back home in Sweden poll of taxpayers identifies climate spending as the biggest government waste

americanthinker.com ^ | 1/18/2020 | Thomas Lifson

[rktman]

Swedish climate policy is the worst waste of the year 2019. At least when the Swedish people are allowed to decide. Climate policy is therefore awarded the award by the Taxpayers' Waste Ombudsman.

- The government has more than doubled the appropriations for climate policy, but despite this, emissions no longer decrease. In 2018, emissions even increased. That is why climate policy has been voted the worst waste of the year, says Johan Gustafsson, Waste Ombudsman at the Taxpayers' Association.

With over 18,000 votes, it was a new record in the number of votes for the competition's worst waste of the year and 30 percent of the votes landed on climate policy. (snip)

Allocations to climate policy have more than doubled in recent years, while emissions have basically ceased to decrease. In the government's budget for 2020, 12.6 billion [krona, equivalent to $1.3 billion] is allocated for climate policy, compared with 5.2 billion in 2014. But despite this, emissions no longer decrease. Last year, emissions increased even marginally.

[rktman]

Hey Sven. Obviously you need to crank up the taxation machine and drag in more kroners to save grrrrrrrreta and muvver erf.

[frank ballenger]

Greta’s shouting, out of control reply:

HOW
DARE
YOU

[Starboard]

Fearmongering about climate change allows St. Greta to travel widely and enjoy considerable fame and notoreity. A pretty comfortable gig. No wonder she’s all for it.

[dp0622]

I don’t wish it nor care much but it’s glaringly obvious that her life will crash and burn sooner than later.

And no dems or liberals or climate nuts will care either.

[E. Pluribus Unum]