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Senator Moon introduces Fair Tax proposal and raises concerns about geoengineering and cloud seeding
Summary
Senator Moon presented a suite of proposals including a consumption-based “Fair Tax” (to be named the Ed Emery Act) and a bill to address environmental manipulation such as cloud seeding; he urged discussion and protection of residents if geoengineering is occurring.
Senator Moon introduced several measures on taxation and environmental manipulation and used floor time to outline the ideas behind them.
On taxation, Moon described a consumption-based proposal he said would be named the Ed Emery Act, invoking the late Senator Ed Emery’s long-standing interest in a ‘‘fair tax.’’ Moon said the approach would shift taxation away from individual income and toward purchases: “The fair tax ... would allow each of us to make as much money as we possibly can or desire and not be taxed on that income. But the taxes the revenue from taxes will be generated by what we purchase,” he said on the floor. Moon characterized the idea as potentially revenue neutral and framed it as a longer-term policy conversation rather than an immediate floor action.
Moon also raised a bill relating to “environmental manipulation,” describing discussions around geoengineering and cloud seeding. “Might have heard some discussion about geoengineering, seeding the clouds, trying to predict the weather or change the weather,” Moon said. He noted other states had taken steps this year—citing Montana and Florida—and said: “If it is a reality, then we need to do something to protect our residents of Missouri.”
Moon’s remarks were introductory and descriptive in nature; the transcript shows the bills were read on the floor for introduction, and Moon’s comments invited further consideration. The transcript does not show committee action, fiscal analysis or votes on these measures in the provided excerpt.
Quoted material is taken verbatim from Senator Moon’s floor remarks in the transcript.
