Voluntary Income Tax, Voluntary Speed Limits
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2007
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Virginia Tech
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The US administration insists that any plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions be voluntary and devised by individual countries rather than a worldwide agreement or treaty. Other countries, especially European countries, consider voluntary measures ineffective. They argue if efforts to curb climate change should be voluntary then why not have a voluntary income tax in the US or voluntary speed limits? Voluntary efforts cannot end global climate change, the energy crisis or the exponential growth of the population.
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greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, climate change, exponential population growth|energy crisis