Earth Day And Taxes
In case you missed it, Happy Earth Day was April 22 !  I hope we treat everyday as Earth Day. Before getting to taxes, I have to note anytime I mention Earth Day that is was created in 1970 by Gaylord Nelson who was later a senator and governor from Wisconsin. But, he is an alum of San Jose State University!

Our federal income tax is an odd and unfortunate mix of incentives for oil and gas (such as benefits for intangible drilling costs) and incentives for clean or alternative energy such as a vehicle credit for hybrid and electric cars among other credits.

Thus, our income tax doesn’t reflect our country’s economic, societal and environmental goals. Or, more likely, we don’t know what our goals are for the environment which is not good for our Earth.

If our federal tax system reflected concern for protecting the Earth, we’d see such measures as:

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