... environmental protection. Many economists and environmentalists agree that tools such as standards, charges, and permits present the greatest means of controlling polluting emissions. The real debate now is over which policy should be employed, where it will be implemented and how. While each has its own particular benefits, it is tradable emission permits that offer the greatest opportunity for efficiency in ... find it more economically beneficial to invest in research and development, the cost of control technology will decrease. This reduction will allow companies to purchase equipme...

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... initially introduced. The vote was to take place on November 5, 2002, and had the referendum been passed it would have been enacted on July 1, 2003, the start of the new fiscal year. There were many different people and groups involved in what became a statewide debate. First there was Mark Gardner, who introduced this idea while campaigning to become governor. There was ... they can afford the expenditures they now and will have in the future on the current revenues they receive from taxes. Raising taxes is more than bad budget policy, it is bad economic policy as well. Because of the ...

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