Quote Originally Posted by Poor Bloody Infantry
But it is still simply taxation policy, which I'm not convinced has any bearing on human rights no matter how insane it is. And is freedom of choice really a human right? If it is, I can't think of any government which upholds it. Nobody has the right to choose to steal or commit murder.
Technically it's a violation of human rights to raise taxes without providing a service, nothing is actually being done with that extra tax on the SUV, the enviromental tax isn't spend on the eniroment. Called stealing.