All this talk of using tax policy to ‘assess social costs'...what a dumb idea. The only way to stop polluters is to put them against walls and shoot them. (David Brin)

All this talk of using tax policy to ‘assess social costs'...what a dumb idea. The only way to stop polluters is to put them against walls and shoot them.

David Brin

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