Stop Gillard's Carbon Tax!

Having discovered, last week, that the Gillard government was SO impressed by my previous post on the best way forward for the ETS and the Carbon Tax, that they decided to implement my plan - I was also interested in this offering from the ABC, on the issue, and thought I'd like to promote it here:

Radio network leads anti-tax uprising

Basically, pricing carbon is a good idea, and the Gillard government's plan is actually the best idea out there (even if I positied it first :-)).

Let's get over this "OMG it's a new tax!" scare campaign - admit that something needs to be done on the issue - and realise that a staged release of an ETS (via a direct pricing charge on industry) is the best way forward.



The funny thing is - I actually think this Stop Gillard's Carbon Tax campaign might just run out of media interest and momentum in time for Labor to release their details... oh... hold on, maybe that's the plan! ;-p

The details should be interresting. And, I suspect, might contain A LOT of compensation for all of the Aussie Battlers that Tony Abbott is currently trying to worry, whith his great scare campaign.

Let's forget about the "broken promises", anything that was previously said or promised, etc. etc. etc. Both sides have changed their minds. Both sides have contradicted themselves and no one can really defend themsleves on that level (except maybe the Greens).

Let's just talk about what the best solution is... here and now, for all of us. Forget the past promises and try to work out where we would and should be going from here.

If you're not convinced by the efficacy and sense of the Gillard government's plan - please post here and tell me why. I'd be happy to have the debate.

The only thing I would ask is that you read my original post first - and refute the points raised there, rather than raising another non-specific anti-tax argument off the bat.

Let the debate begin!

PowerBalance IS a scam... told you!

PowerBalance - according to gizmodo - has admitted that their wristband WAS a scam.

Now this wouldn't necessarily be quite as funny to me - except that I JUST had an anonymous commenter berating me, and this blog, the other day, for deriding his favourite cure.

See:

• my original post - and make sure you check out the comments
  
• the gizmodo article

If the original commenter on my previous post would like to let us know how he feels, I'd be quite interested... honestly - the piss will not be taken... I'd really like to know how you feel about the situation.

Now we need a new target for those new powers of the ACCC... any ideas? Who's next?


Editor's follow-up:

Here's an interesting video - a quick outline of how the scam is perpetrated by "demonstration":