Post Growth Economy Party: An Attempt for a program

Post-Growth Economies are characterized by stopping economic growth or even shrinking an existing one. Here, I try to build a program that a potential political party could incorporate or build upon.

Here are various recommendations:

1. Cancellation of subsidies and tax advantages for diesel and petrol.
2. Maximum working hours limited to 30 per week with exceptions.
3. Maximum income per household or person.
4. Maximum wealth per household or person.
5. Public canteens are required to only serve vegetarian or vegan meals or, at the very least, have mandatory vegan/vegetarian days.
6. Drugs should be completely legalized and mostly produced by federal bodies within the country (shorter delivery lanes result in less CO²).
7. Product warranties must last at least 5 years.
8. The possession of SUVs is illegal unless needed for work.
9. Cancellation of fracking.
10. Cancellation of all subsidies for meat, fish, and dairy products.
11. Complete monetary CO² compensation for flights is mandatory.
12. Fission power is a bridge technology until fusion power is available.
13. Fusion power should receive more funding.
14. Increased energy taxation.
15. Largely unmanning the military force (drones are very fuel-efficient).
16. Ban on high-frequency trading.
17. Pressuring countries with large CO² excesses to reduce their emissions.
18. 5% of the GDP dedicated to CO² reduction and ecosystem protection.
19. Tax-free home modernization to reduce heating costs.
20. Severe penalties for speeding, tied to personal income.
21. Doubling the number of national holidays.
22. Holidays falling on weekends should be moved to the next working day.
23. Maximum of one gun per person.
24. Fat tax for products containing more than 50% fat.
25. Sugar tax for products containing more than 10% sugar.
26. Speed limit of 80 mph.
27. Botany, should be mandatory in schools.
28. Overhaul of the education system. Climate change, ecosystems and sustainability need to be incorporated. Education on Religions is limited to scientific facts and only a small part of political education.
    
29. Ban on web cookies.
30. Ban on push notifications (web).
31. Ban on online tracking.
    
32. Products must be 100% recyclable with exceptions.
33. 50% tax increase on alcohol and tobacco.
34. Ban on electric chairs.
35. The death penalty if applied must be CO² neutral.
36. Death penalty for certain crimes like mass murder, genocide etc.
    
37. Organic products should be tax-free.
38. A BMI of over 35 leads to a personal tax increase.
39. Ban on fireworks.
40. Car taxation is based on the power required to drive 100 km. The higher the value, the higher the tax.
41. Car sharing results in lower overall taxes for your car.
42. Caring for your parents is subsidized by the state.
43. Lower taxes for people without a motorized vehicle.
44. 5% of the national land area needs to stay protected.
    
45. The more people in a household, the lower the individual taxation.
46. Replace welfare systems with universal income.
47. 50% inheritance tax for amounts over $1,000,000.
48. Zoos aren’t allowed to keep certain species (e.g., polar bears in warm regions, SeaWorld).
49. Tax exemption of $10,000 per year.
50. Public transportation must be CO² neutral and free.
51. Companies making more than 0.5% of the national GDP must be split up.
52. Every federal or state politician must disclose their income to the public.
53. Patents and copyrights expire 10 years after the creator's death.
54. Shutdown programs for air pollution situations (e.g., driving restrictions in highly polluted cities).
55. Granting asylum for refugees caused by climate change is mandatory.
56. Legalization of medically assisted suicide.
57. Tax exemption for people without children.
58. Abortion is legal and free until at least the second month of pregnancy.
59. Public buildings must be equipped with solar collectors.
60. Public healthcare costs are tied to personal income without exceptions.
61. Strong shift towards using tax money for rail instead of roads.
    

To be continued...

Edit: amongst other things 0.1% of GDP spending for the military isn´t appropriate anymore and probably never was but thanks to Putin 2-4% of GDP spending on the military seems very reasonable and with dictators like Xi Jinping the future looks even more bleak. The sad reality is, that we won´t be able to care for our future if we are dead or living in a dictatorship.