Ted Turner’s Craziest Scheme Yet: Cap and Trade…With Children
Media mogul Ted Turner, who founded cable networks CNN and TBS, wants a global child-bearing “cap and trade” system to combat climate change. He has thought up a bizarre take on China's one-child policy: let poor people sell credits for children they don't have! At the ongoing climate change summit in Cancun, Mexico, Turner told attendees : …environmental stress on the Earth requires radical solutions, suggesting countries should follow China’s lead in instituting a one-child policy to reduce global population over time. He added that fertility rights could be sold so that poor people could profit from their decision not to reproduce. read more
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