In Norway people have been paying "environmental taxes" since the eighties at least.
The only problem is that these are not pooled up towards fixing environmental issues but used as part of the general budget by whoever holds the government at any time.
Which in turn annoys even people like me who think it is a good idea to tax it because:
1. not enough gets done to combat environmental damage
2. it gives politicians an incentive to keep increasing these taxes to afford other projects they want
I seriously wish it was like water and sewer and waste taxes around here:
the municipality can increase these as needed but are not allowed to make a profit from them so if money is saved then the next years these taxes are lowered. (Or the year after, whenever the calculations are finished.)
The only problem is that these are not pooled up towards fixing environmental issues but used as part of the general budget by whoever holds the government at any time.
Which in turn annoys even people like me who think it is a good idea to tax it because:
1. not enough gets done to combat environmental damage
2. it gives politicians an incentive to keep increasing these taxes to afford other projects they want
I seriously wish it was like water and sewer and waste taxes around here:
the municipality can increase these as needed but are not allowed to make a profit from them so if money is saved then the next years these taxes are lowered. (Or the year after, whenever the calculations are finished.)