Re: “Bill Gates doesn’t regret his controversial climate memo” (Nov. 6, Nation & World):
Invoice Gates’ memo units out a “Sophie’s Selection” of human well being vs. the well being of our planet, seemingly saying there usually are not sufficient sources to do each and that focus on world temperatures is misplaced.
Additionally word that there is no such thing as a dialogue about how the opposite wildlife species are impacted by a world that Gates tasks to three levels centigrade hotter by 2100.
Unimaginable.
Listed below are some potential sources of funds so we are able to do each: Enhance the required spend of philanthropies that the wealthiest use as large tax shelters from 5% to, decide a quantity, say 15%; get rid of inheritance tax shelters/trusts that essentially permit the wealthiest to keep away from these taxes and go the wealth on to our everlasting higher class fortunate sufficient to have been born to their rich mother and father; relook at our close to trillion greenback Division of Battle expenditure, decide a quantity, say a modest $500 billion.
The cash is there, we don’t have to select between human well being and the well being of our planet. That’s a false selection.
James Goldman, Port Hadlock
