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作文号：498700

题目：Levying a "pollution tax" is right

作文号：498700

题目：Levying a "pollution tax" is right

People' opinions are divided on whether the government should levy a "pollution tax" on automobiles. Some people hold that it's an effective way to control cars and reduce pollution. In contrast,others think that reducing car sales by taxing is unwise because it will reduce the industry's competitiveness and even the nation's economy. From my pespective, I strongly endorse view of the former, which is levying tax on automobiles is essential and effective.

The reason why I am in favor of view of the former can be listed as follow.

First of all, if the government don't take some measures to human's benefit, we can't pay high and close attention to the pollution around us. Because taxation is directly related to people's interests,we will gradually reduce pollution in order to preserve our own interests. As time goes on, people's awareness of environmental protection will slowly improve.

What's more, in the past, we blindly pursued economic growth and thus neglected the environmental protection, even at the expense of the environment. The air surrounding us has become worse and worse so that haze become increasingly seriously. Today more and more people are infected with the disease, such as respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, and so on. Consequently, we should be responsible for the environment to pay tax.

Last but not least,there are some successful examples confirming the measure is right. Many developed countries have carried out the method,levying a "pollution tax". For instance,the united states has been the introduction of a sulfur dioxide tax in the 70's. According to the provisions of the "sulfur dioxide tax act", the concentration of sulfur dioxide to reach the standard of the region, a pound of sulfur per cent of 15 cents; two standard areas to be taxed at 10 cents per pound; two or more areas. There is no doubt that the implementation of this measure has brought an obvious improvement to the environment in the United States. Additionally,afterthe first industrial revolution, London is called "the city of fog", which is generally known that this is due to a large number of coal caused by coal. In order to effectively solve the problem, British started to levy automobile carbon emissions tax. Of course,control effect is obvious.

In view of the above, it is necessary to levy a "pollution tax" on automobiles. Goverment should scientificly make tax standard according to the actual situation. Firstly, government ought to formulate a program before levying. Based on the program, before the national tax collection, government can select some key cities to carry out pilot at first. After that, government can put forward to environmental tax.