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Sarkozy pushes ahead with unpopular carbon tax
breitbart ^ | 9/10/09 | ap

Posted on 09/10/2009 9:06:57 AM PDT by Nachum

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday unveiled a new carbon tax to help combat global warming, calling it a "fiscal revolution" and overriding strong public opposition to the plan.

The new levy on oil, gas and coal consumption by households and businesses will come into effect next year, making France the biggest economy yet to impose a straight-up carbon tax.

"It is time to create green taxation," Sarkozy said in an address in Culoz, a town near the French border with Switzerland.

"This is a major fiscal shift, an important innovation," he said. "It is the first step of a fiscal revolution that will be developed."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ahead; carbon; pushes; sarkozy

1 posted on 09/10/2009 9:06:57 AM PDT by Nachum
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Carbon Cap Tax & Scam Ping ~ (POGW)


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2 posted on 09/10/2009 9:09:24 AM PDT by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: Nachum

How long till the French peasants start hunting down those guillotines that served in the French Revolution.


3 posted on 09/10/2009 9:10:33 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Unashamed Sarah-Bot.)
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To: steelyourfaith

Ping!


4 posted on 09/10/2009 9:11:17 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

How long till the French peasants start hunting down those guillotines that served in the French Revolution.


Sorry, won’t happen. Remember, its Europe that gave the world Facism, Communism, and every other crappy “ism.” there is. And besides, that’s how the rest of the world rolls! They expect to have their Gov’ts dump on them. In turn, they do their best to cheat the system. It winds up making everyone cynical.


5 posted on 09/10/2009 9:14:26 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: xcamel

...and he represents the right in France. What a shame.


7 posted on 09/10/2009 9:20:49 AM PDT by winner3000
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To: winner3000

OK,you Sarkozy fans,here is your wake-up call;he just showed himself to be another big-government socialist!


8 posted on 09/10/2009 9:25:20 AM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: hoosierham

I’m a Sarkozy fan, but that means I think he’s good for France. He’s as close to sane as we’ll find in France.

Plus, as long as we don’t sign up for carbon tax, there will be a way out.

In general, I’m happy because the EU countries are turning right overall ...


9 posted on 09/10/2009 9:30:43 AM PDT by MetaThought
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To: winner3000
Sarkozy is a runt, and a tyrant. He'll lift his mask soon, his little stunt with the burka issue in France was just to keep the attention off him during recent troubles in France, and prolong the illusion that he's not a fascist.

His EU Presidency saw some of the most oppressive, fascist EU legislation put in place since Hitler.
10 posted on 09/10/2009 9:33:31 AM PDT by bethybabes69 (Between you, and whatever you call God, there is no authority, only an illusion of it.)
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To: winner3000
There is no right in France.
11 posted on 09/10/2009 9:33:32 AM PDT by JasonC
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To: hoosierham

Sarkozy is like our McCain.


12 posted on 09/10/2009 9:34:01 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Unashamed Sarah-Bot.)
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To: Nachum

I don’t get it. How come he is trying to force things through against the will of the people? Are these guys feeding off each other or something?


13 posted on 09/10/2009 9:36:36 AM PDT by marstegreg
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To: hoosierham

He can’t help it, he’s French.


14 posted on 09/10/2009 9:39:57 AM PDT by stevio (Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
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To: Nachum

My prediction: He has just dramatically shortened his time in office. He will be lucky not to lose his head.


15 posted on 09/10/2009 11:04:05 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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Well, there goes any thoughts to visiting France. I almost started respecting Pres. Sarkozy.


16 posted on 09/10/2009 12:33:29 PM PDT by Ro_Thunder ("Other than ending SLAVERY, FASCISM, NAZISM and COMMUNISM, war has never solved anything")
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Thanx !

 



Beam Me to Planet Gore !

17 posted on 09/10/2009 9:39:44 PM PDT by steelyourfaith ("Power is not alluring to pure minds." - Thomas Jefferson)
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