The Honorable Governor Charlie Crist
State of Florida
PL-05 The Capitol
Dear Governor Crist,
I
urgently recommend that you make it a point to address and enact policy
concerning the regulation of pollution in the form of a state-wide pollution
tax in order to benefit society and business as a whole in the long run.
It is my view that pollution remains
regulated while efficient forms of energy be further developed and manufactured
in order to improve the benefit of society as a whole. As more and more
businesses spring up, the environment appreciation becomes devalued.
The State of
I propose that large businesses in the
energy and industry sectors be taxed based on the amount of output of pollution
they give off. Taxing these firms will force them to be more efficient in their
means of production.
Each company must consider its production
factors of land, labor, and capital. A firm has make crucial decisions as to
the location of production, the number employees it hires, and the amount of
machinery necessary to produce a desirable level of production. All of these
factors combined with the taxatation process lead to smarter and more efficient
means of production.
The benefits of taxing pollution are
endless. Taxing companies for their output not only enables the government to
have funds for environmental clean-up programs, promotion of air quality,
consumer pollution awareness and grants for efficiently producing companies.
It is important to note that more taxation
is seen as the degrading stigma that takes more money out of the common pocket.
The belief that taxation is harmful is both unfounded and false in the case of
taxing firms. In the short-run, the firm may loose out periodically, but the
gains that the business gets from producing a more efficient product allow it
to simultaneously gain more revenue and decrease the effect it has society’s
environment in the long run. In many cases, excessive overproduction is
eliminated.
The taxation gained by the state from the
firms should then be used for public works for health and environmental cleanup
to benefit society. In short, it should cost firms just as much as the society
and environment they affect with the pollutant byproduct of their output. As a
representative of the people, I am assured that you will take this issue of
implementing an effective a state-wide tax for pollution into serious
consideration. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
James Farley
PMB#21999
James J. Farley
Resources
Taxation of Firms
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/11/06/bloomberg-proposes-pollution-tax/
Environmentally Friendly Firm Initiatives
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/11/19/bayer-to-spend-146-billion-on-green-initiatives/
Regulation of Pollution
http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/278.html
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/kyoto.htm
http://www.cityofgainesville.org/recycles/busi/env_impact.shtml
Manatees as a source of tourist income
Externalities
http://www.economist.com/research/economics/alphabetic.cfm?term=euro
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0856527.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0839553.html
Air Pollutants
http://www.epa.gov/air/airpollutants.html
Regulations and Production
http://www.epa.gov/air/oarregul.html
Climate Change
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange
Effects of Pollution on Ozone Layer
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/strathome.html
Consumer Pollution
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/22/news/poll.php
Graphs and Charts
*Chart showing that the U.S. Industrial Sector gives off more C02 emissions than either the Residential or Commercial sector, thus showing that Industry should be taxed more than any other sector
Data table taken from: http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/#appendix_c
http://wps.aw.com/wps/media/objects/2896/2965631/ppt/ch09slecture.ppt#567,26,9.1
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