Taxes for Sustainability Sustainability means satisfying human needs fairly and without destroying the ecosystems that support life.
Tax policies can definitely help.
Naturally, shifting taxes onto pollution will raise the tax burden on polluters, who are often wealthy and powerful people. Thus tax shifting may cause a political fight but so does almost everything that benefits large numbers of people these days. Environment-friendly taxes can help solve many important problems. The Kit gives you just about everything you would need to conduct a campaign. Urban sprawl destroys natural areas, paves over farm land, eats up scarce open space, increases commuter traffic and air pollution, isolates the poor in city centers, decreases the urban tax base, reduces the jobs available to city residents, increases the number of vacant or abandoned lots and buildings in cities, destroys the traditional sense of community found in urban neighborhoods, and increases the tax burden on suburban residents.