Lexi:"And BTW - the heads of the National Bank and Westpac,
(two of Australia's biggest banks) have supported the
carbon tax. "

It's not a tax, it's a trading scheme. Of course they support it! They'd support slavery if they thought they could make a buck out of it.

Stay the course Lexi.
Like you I under stand not every sin dropped at Gillards door has wings.
You know, as I often say, she is no Friend of mine.
But her policy's and those about to be past, will stand her in good company as the future judges her.
Carbon tax will be Incorporated in to conservative policy.
Stimulus package, now being RECOMMENDED by the world bank to America and Europe, will be seen as a positive.
We both get on with OUG but lets be honest, his view of Labor and Gillard is, unconventional!
No not defending some poor management Labor has placed before us.
BUT be warned!
Abbott could not run a water well in the middle of a desert.
Col, they say satire is the lowest for of humor.
I think sarcasm is near, but in debate Australians can combine humor and FISHING, trawling a bait under ones nose.
You have not got the knack, being an Englishman trying to adopt our humor is not working.
Maybe it is my fault.
On reading your posts, my minds eye shows a Capitan Blimp figure and the words you use bring on endless laughter!
Sorry old chap pip pip and all that, but just not done old fellow, we Aussies dislike Bores.

Dear Anti,

Gee whiz Anti - perhaps you could tell that
to Mr Abbott and the Opposition after all
they're the ones with the "anti-carbon tax,"
campaign and as for making a buck? Isn't that
what Banks do? However they also lend. With
the incentive for alternative energy production -
it will take big loans to fund the process and
that's where the banks will make the money -but we'll
all benefit from it in the end.

Great Post Anti - Thanks for raising these issues.
Good stuff! I'm sure Mr Abbott will appreciate your
contribution.

Dear Lexi, you seem to have confused me with a mindless supporter of one of the major parties.

I'm not.

You say:"we'll
all benefit from it in the end."

But there is no evidence that creating a derivative trading scheme will so anything about greenhouse emissions and there is a great deal of evidence that derivative trading schemes will lead to major financial problems. Why do you think the world financial system is in so much trouble?

Never mind, I'm sure you can find a quote from someone to make you feel witty, if not wise.

Dear Anti,

I don't think of myself as being particularly
witty or wise. But Thanks for even noticing.
However, That's why I often quote from
people who I feel have those wonderful attributes.

As a matter of fact I've learned that the longer
I live, the more I realise - how much there is
to learn.

As for carbon pricing - I'm one of those people
who believes that the government is doing the
right thing in taking this first step towards
trying to give us a clean energy future and an investment
in alternative energy sources. In general
the most industrialised nations are now actively
trying to limit the effects of pollution, it's only
some of the less developed societies that are more
concerned with economic growth and tend to see pollution
as part of the price they have to pay for it.

Anyway, to maintain my "witty" and "Wise" stance in
your eyes...

I saw a cartoon in a magazine that caught my eye:

It was a picture of a company CEO sitting at his desk
staring out of his window at his company's sign -
"ACME MANUFACTURING," and telling his assistant -

"The sky is certainly a beautiful blue today, isn't
it, Roger? Check with production and see if something's
wrong."

Cheers.

dear belly...i was born and bred labour
i fought hard to get kevin elected..sent him 20 plus emails for question time..and re policy..so mate we used to be on the same side.

i protested howard in canberra/living at the tent embassy
was personally attacked three times..had him destroy 3 of my tents[2 with fire]

my fellow protesters loved juliar..so i loved her too
so i dont attack the SUPPOSED TO BE..blue collars easy

yes lexie
i watched qanda..watched as one HUGE union bloke
backed the labourite blackguards..in their drive to the NEW TRADING tax on thin air..[HIM KNOWING..that on average..HIS policy to support this blatent tax..WILL COST HIS MEMBERS near 750$..per year

thats like getting a paycut
[noting those of low income..will..get their rate of tax INCREASED
even if the minimum/rate of those who will pay..has been increased too

BUT MATE have you heard of brackett creep
in tim,e those tax rate INCREASES..will hurt EVEN the poor
as this INDEXED tax increases ANNUALLY

we set the rate...at DOUBLE the 'market rate
so we can/MUST buy up the EXCESS carbon credits from europe
and if any business is MUG enough to buy OURS..they expire

but if you got the FREE ones from juliar..
you can sell them for half the cost price
of them other mugs SELLING their free ones

lol

but why botherexplaining

your a dear...dear lexie
BUT you dont read a single word i write

i have said the above TO YOU many times
but its going in our ear..and out the other

JUST LIKE WITH JULIAR

no matter how cute today
in time..wrinkles reveal our true soul

in the end its what is in our heart and mind that matters