Beware of the carbon cuts that only effect ordinary people and not the rich

Here we go again watching the so-called world leaders hop aboard the gravy train, this time accompanied by a ragtag gang of lunatic fringe greenies and other miscellaneous anti-everythings.
Beware of the carbon cuts that only effect ordinary people and not the rich

One can almost hear the Department of Finance rubbing their hands in glee as the prospects of taxing petrol, oil, heating oil etc. out of the reach of the proletariat. At the end of the day this is what the global warming is all about. Global warming for the lower classes only.

Barack Obama arrives in Paris on board a private Boeing 747, the Pope cruises around East Africa on board a private Boeing 777. Mary Robinson appeared at Maynooth College from the back seat of a plush BMW 7 series, Enda Kenny appears in Paris in a private jet courtesy of the Irish taxpayers and it goes on.

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