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I can't speak for all subsidized industries, but I do know that current private forest tax breaks/subsidies in Wisconsin are about the only thing keeping private forests from turning into subdivisions. Without incentives to do the right thing, who will? Energy conservation is a prime example. And then I have to ask myself - is it really the tax breaks and subsidies that is creating this waste product? Will removing the tax breaks and subsidies change demand? Maybe. Megan Boise, Idaho >>> "Reindl, John" <Reindl@no.address> 10/13/2004 7:07:23 AM >>> On the issue of tax subsidies and the wTO, does anyone have any information about why the subsidies for mining and forestry are also not being brought before the WTO? As a recycler, I am especially concerned about the subsidies to forestry, since paper and wood are the largest components of the material stream that we handle, and are the largest parts of what goes into landfills. Forestry not only receives massive subsidies in the US at the federal level, but also at the state and local level, through state and county ownership of forests that don't pay property taxes, income taxes or sales taxes, and programs to provide tax breaks for private forests, such as Wisconsin's, which has a price tag of somewhere around $50 to $100 million a year. John Reindl Dane County, WI > > I would like, if I may, to ask you a question concerning basic trade > principles, in light of the U.S. position with regard to our Airbus dispute > with the European Community. > > If I understand our position in that case correctly, we argue that free > trade under WTO rules is not whatever laissez-faire decrees, but rather "is > about fair competition and a level playing field," as you were quoted in the > October 7, 2004 Wall Street Journal ("U.S., Europe Sue Each Other at WTO > Over Aircraft Subsidies"). In that regard, it seems to be our claim that > Airbus enjoys excessively large tax subsidies, creating an unlevel playing > field on which Boeing cannot fairly compete. We, therefore, have petitioned > to have WTO rule that the tax subsidies are an unfair trade practice, > subject to penalties. |
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