What IS "Agenda 21"

[royster]

Any Virginians understand this? It has been described as, among other things, a means of taxing our WELL water. How is it posssible to tax the well on ones property?

What info I've managed to glean is here:

Northern Virginia News

[Brutha]

It's widely assumed that the world fresh water conserves are going down. Taxing well water makes sense to solve the tragedy of the commons when people take out water without paying something for it.

[royster]

Editor
Northern Virginia Daily

Sir:

I would like to know why the press is not informing the residents of the Shenandoah Valley about the Agenda 21 movement.

One would think it would be very important to know that in the very near future our government will tell us where to live. In fact, the idea that our wells will be metered so we can be taxed on consumption is incredible.

Please do some articles on what is in our future, so we may be stop this United-Nations-dictated plan before it proceeds any further.

Mark Capozzella

Letters to the editor - Opinion

[royster]

The wells in the Shenandoah Valley are rife with sulfur, and you cannot drink the water without a good filteration system.

As regards "commons": the real issue is the sewage treatment of city water and INDUSTRY. The Shenandoah river is polluted not so much by the "commons", but poultry processing factories and manufacturing.

I don't know enough about Agenda 21 to comment any deeper (gee...a thread on a public forum might help!) but what is happening locally is not a good sign for the larger community. Particulalry since information is not readilty available.

[Lynn 007]

Agenda 21 refers to a document signed in Rio by all members of the United Nations regarding human impact on the enviroment. It is a comprehensive plan of action.

The reference Agenda 21 received its name as it was the 21st item added to the agenda for this summit; along with a play on words on its purpose "an agenda for the 21st century" .

DSD :: Resources - Publications - Core Publications

[royster]

Thanks Lynn!

[Brutha]

The wells in the Shenandoah Valley are rife with sulfur, and you cannot drink the water without a good filteration system.

Nothing from the link that you provided indicates that this is something specific to Shenandoah Valley.

Please do some articles on what is in our future, so we may be stop this United-Nations-dictated plan before it proceeds any further.

The UN has no political power to dictate anyone anything.

[royster]

Very correct, Brutha, and thank you for the comment.

It is the very ABSENSE of information availability that strikes me as concerning. Anything that mentions "tea party" also causes me some question. So I'm trying to find out what exactly the implications are. No one seems to know. But apparently a small group is rallying to this cause with disinformation and I'd like to find out why.

Brutha, I have always appreciated your pragmatic approaches to matters. Again, thank you.

[Brutha]

It is the very ABSENSE of information availability that strikes me as concerning.

To me it rather indicates a lack of political power. You can't introduce a new form of taxation in secret.
You need to convince a lot of stakeholders which produces noise.
If such a measure hasn't broad political support it fails.

It's a mistake to focus on programs that lack political support anyway.
On the other hand it seems a lot more exiting to fight unknown programs than to challenge an illegal war that everyone knows about.

[royster]

Very well stated, Brutha. Many thanks.

[Barcs]

Even if water is diminishing, taxing it does not change that fact. It only gives extra undeserved money to the government or whoever is collecting this tax. Why should you have to pay for the water? Are these companies fixing your well and water system for free? Are they putting the water there? I very much doubt it. Taxing things is what turns necessities into unaffordable luxuries for the lower class. It won't fix the problem. Investing in new desalinization technology and factories CAN help fix it while at the same time create jobs. That's a solution I'd rather see. If the tax money goes directly to this purpose I'd agree with it, but I very much doubt it will, just like most taxes. It will go to somebody that spends it on whatever they feel like doing.