Global warming: heaviest burden placed on poor.

It's old news that although Africa contributes the least to global warming, it is forced to suffer the worst effects from it due to the failure of the rest of the world to produce significant changes in their consumption habits addictions.

The unwillingness of those who ought to sacrifice most, to sacrifice at all, is getting ready to be illustrated in the U.S. where the mayor of New York is proposing charging a $8 "congestion tax" to all drivers entering lower Manhattan during the day.

I get the intention, but who will suffer most from this? Poor folks like me living paycheck to paycheck! So those who can afford to pay that $8 Manhattan tax [including big businesses like FedEx/ UPS/ Fresh Direct and all the rest of the larger companies that clog up the streets with fleets of vehicles], those who can afford to pay for several $20+ taxi rides per day, and of course those rich enough to live in lower Manhattan (many who do indeed drive) will all still be rolling around the city without taking any substantial hit to their pockets while the rest of us in the poorer surrounding burroughs leave our cars parked at home -- individuals and small businesses alike.

Meanwhile, the price of public transportation continues to go up and up.

Once again the burden of changing global warming is placed on the poorest among us.

Can we get some sort of progressive tax going on here? Why should I (in my little Toyota making deliveries for a little magazine) have to pay the same as big pimpin' with the Hummer?