""Tax on large bottles?": Eichler attacks 'environmental religion'"

September 14, 2020   

MK Israel Eichler protested today (Monday) before the Economy Committee against the intention to apply a deposit on large beverage containers, which would increase the price of beverage bottles and burden families with children with a significant expense. Want a prestigious degree that is very suitable for the Haredi path? – This is how you do it! Eichler emphasized: "We are all in favor of a clean environment and health, in favor of education and the assimilation of healthy habits. But the feeling is that there is a global religion of environmental quality here. I was taught here in the Knesset that religious coercion is forbidden. This religion of the environment in this case will harm families with children. MK Eichler said: "We must remember that most consumers of large bottles are families with children. They do not earn high salaries, even those of them who work in the public sector, especially since most of them work and earn a living in the private sector. The increase in the price of these bottles will significantly harm those families. We can focus on education and information, but in no way on the price of the product through religious coercion of the 'religion of the environment.'".