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Diesel for agricultural use is subsidised almost everywhere in the west to some degree. France removed taxes on non-road diesel this year and paid per-liter-su
by myrmidon 12d ago
Diesel for agricultural use is subsidised almost everywhere in the west to some degree.
France removed taxes on non-road diesel this year and paid per-liter-subsidies on top.
Keeping independent local agriculture is quite existential for any state, so this is understandable despite being morally questionable in my opinion.
- hagbard_c 12d agoTaxing less =/= subsidising
- myrmidon 12d agoAny externalized cost that you tolerate as regulator is already an indirect form of subsidy in my view. E.g. allowing a mining company to dump tailings in the next river is exactly the same as paying for proper disposal with tax money (from a company finances point of view). So any untaxed air polluter/CO2 emitter enjoys an indirect subsidy already. But in the french case, farmers and fishermen got paid 15-30 cents per liter on top (removing all ambiguity).