Thursday, April 06, 2006
Our Newest Op Ed
China Better on Taxes than Democrats?
- By Warner Todd Huston
From CNN:
Much as I am loath to give an "attaboy" to the Chinese, they have at least realized what a tax does and it is a lesson that the Democratic Party should learn.
When one goes to a restaurant in China one encounters (or used to encounter before this taxation plan, anyway) a container with disposable wooden chopsticks wrapped in paper wrapping at each table. There one may take them as needed and then throw them away afterward.
The Chinese government says that over one billion (yes with a "b") pairs of these disposable sticks are thrown away every year and that is a LOT of wasted wood. It is waste that the Ministry of Finance is looking to curb. So, they have decided to tax these disposable chopsticks in hopes that the waste can be made less..........................
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- By Warner Todd Huston
From CNN:
China slaps a tax on chopsticks
Charges on goods unveiled in bid to preserve environment
Plans to impose a 5 percent consumption tax on both disposable wooden chopsticks and wooden floor panels would help curb the plundering of timber resources and efforts to protect the environment, the Ministry of Finance said.
Much as I am loath to give an "attaboy" to the Chinese, they have at least realized what a tax does and it is a lesson that the Democratic Party should learn.
When one goes to a restaurant in China one encounters (or used to encounter before this taxation plan, anyway) a container with disposable wooden chopsticks wrapped in paper wrapping at each table. There one may take them as needed and then throw them away afterward.
The Chinese government says that over one billion (yes with a "b") pairs of these disposable sticks are thrown away every year and that is a LOT of wasted wood. It is waste that the Ministry of Finance is looking to curb. So, they have decided to tax these disposable chopsticks in hopes that the waste can be made less..........................
Click HERE To Read On
# posted by Publius @ 4/06/2006 01:03:00 AM 
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