Financing social insuranceThe German Prime minister Bismarck created 1883 the social insurance. For funding, there had been several different models. Chosen had been funding by work.
In this time, much was unknown. The problem with the greenhouse gases was completely unknown. Svante Arrhenius published only 13 years later 1896 the effects of CO2 on the earth climate. But it was known, that it's impossible to take coal out of a mine forever. Sometimes, the coal mine will be exhausted. So why not funding the social insurance with a tax on coal? This would create a demand for higher energy efficiency, the stock would be longer lasting.
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