«Can I say to Australians the debate that they are
hearing about a carbon tax is a debate about what Tony Abbott calls a carbon tax, which [it] will be for a limited period of time and then we will move to an emissions trading scheme.»
Have
you heard about a carbon tax (British Columbia and Australia) or cap and trade program (California)[Read more about carbon pricing], which could add a tax or fee onto your carbon emissions?
Not exact matches
Instead of
hearing about billion dollar gun - registries or
carbon taxes, we all get to spend four weeks talking
about potholes and roads, garbage pickup, traffic congestion, and other issues that affect people literally where they live.
And this, Krosnick says, is largely because they might only
hear from the most vocal, opinionated voters, such as those who attend town hall meetings or angrily call them up — and if we're talking
about a red state or county, chances are they're not calling for a
carbon tax.
The only reason we haven't
heard much
about the RET - in contrast to Tony Abbott's labelling of the
carbon tax as the «great big
tax» - is that having mandatory renewable energy targets is a bipartisan policy.
If you care
about your kids, you probably need to think this out, and then go and make your voice
heard on the right solution (either buy a Hummer, or get involved in efforts to get the right solution (
carbon taxes,
carbon trading, whatever) to happen.
By Melissa Davey Finally, (some) health policies get an airing We've been
hearing about boats, budgets and abolishing the
carbon tax as the major parties ramp up their e...