He also tells Weston that while there no personal income or property or sales tax anymore, there are some corporate tax. The man tells Weston that no one can inherit land anymore and that it all goes to the government. It became known as the original book about an ecological utopia and was a great. Weston then asks where the government gets its funding, as all taxes as we know them were abolished soon after Independence. In 1975, he published Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston. Works include: Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston: Epistle Edition Ecotopia Nuclear Roulette: The Truth About the Most Dangerous Energy. He tells Weston that the government takeover of businesses was an unavoidable response to many of the wealthy business owners fleeing the country right after Independence. According to this man, Ecotopian government is a mix, much like American government, but with the obvious ecological priorities much higher on the list. Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as the newest name after Wells, Verne, Huxley, and Orwell, Callenbach offers a visionary blueprint for the survival of our planet. The politician politely lectures Weston on what he sees as the American confusion. A novel both timely and prophetic, Ernest Callenbach’s Ecotopia is a hopeful antidote to the environmental concerns of today, set in an ecologically sound future society. Weston asks a politician if the Ecotopian government is socialist. WORKERS' CONTROL, TAXES, AND JOBS IN ECOTOPIA
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