Right Pulse

An edict from Chairman Rudd and Madam Wong:

AUSTRALIA will aim to cut its greenhouse gases by between 5 and 15 per cent by 2020, the Federal Government has announced….

Earlier the Government announced it will give business and households $1.4 billion to invest in green technology.

The funding will be raised from the carbon taxes under the ETS.

So much for no tax increases. It has taken the government just 1 year to throw off the false claims about so-called economic conservatism it made during the election. This is a big spending government, but unlike the Howard government, it is also a big taxing government too with the budget already in deficit after but 6 months. Rudd has also shown a willingness to sacrifice jobs to satisfy interest/pressure groups with his IR agenda, the ETS is little different in that respect.

For ammunition in taking on your leftist friends, a recent US Senate minority report detailing the dissension of 650 prominent scientists makes for compelling reading. After reading the report, one would be hard pressed to argue that there is a scientific consensus on the issue. There seems to be an ongoing intellectual controversy that may take some time to be resolved, nothing more.