Liberty Reborn

Time and again liberals claim that raising existing taxes or levying new ones does not hurt economic growth. Of course people with a brain in their head know differently and we may have just another piece of evidence on our side:

Some 50,000 fewer passengers are expected to use Amsterdam Schiphol airport, one of Europe’s busiest, this summer on account of a Dutch environmental tax on flights, it was reported Saturday.

“We’re expected zero growth in 2008, and in fact a decrease (in passenger numbers) in July and August,” an airport spokesman was quoted as saying by the domestic ANP news agency.

The Netherlands is the only country that levies an environmental tax on flights departing the country — 11.25 euros per passenger (17.75 dollars) for European destinations and 45 euros for intercontential points.

Just remember this when the enviro-Marxists start talking about carbon taxes, etc. They don’t care about the environment. They know that the tax will inhibit Economic activity and that is exactly what they want. Because … well … you consume too much, you are too prosperous, and they know what is best for you.

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