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Monday 11 December 2023

IMF wants governments to punish people for using “too much” energy by imposing harsh carbon taxes

 A Bulgarian economist who works as managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants countries around the world to punish their populations with new carbon taxes in order to "fight climate change."

Kristalina Georgieva, speaking at the United Nations COP28 climate summit, talked about the importance, in her view, of imposing oppressive global carbon taxes to deter ordinary people from using "too much" energy.

Even though attendees at COP28 flew in to the event on gas-guzzling jets, many of them private, while being chauffeured around in luxury automobiles and dining on the finest cuts of beef and other delicacies, Georgieva thinks normal people should have access to none of these things.

"We are very keen to give the biggest possible incentive for decarbonization, which is putting a price on carbon," Georgieva said. "That price needs to go up, up, up if we are to speed up decarbonization."...<<<Read More>>>...