DEXTER: Village parking policy cemented into ordinanceWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:17AMThe village council put parking right-of-way policies to rest at its June 27 meeting after reinserting a section into its code of ordinances.
Tad, I read with interestSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 11:02PMIn reply to The Carbon Tax We Had To Have : Tad, I read with interest both your responses and the Drum article. Clearly I’m no match for your academic expertise, so I offer comments to you with great trepidation. The problem I have with both Ben’s and your comments is that both of you are from fixed perspectives. Ben’s perspective must by purpose encompass the “political” perspective i.e. one ...
ben.b.shah - sorry but someSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 11:02PMIn reply to The Carbon Tax We Had To Have : ben.b.shah - sorry but some readers are not in the esoteric group. Are you suggesting it is better that energy developments, particularly with so-called baseload, are publicly owned? I would agree with that and would also disagree with tinkering at the edges which is what the Greens seem to have, maximally, been able to extract from this Government. I ...
The Carbon Tax We Had To HaveSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 11:02PMIn reply to The Carbon Tax We Had To Have : << Ben Eltham explains why the scheme will work >> Well, he doesn’t really. He explains that it will work inasmuch as it will reduce carbon emissions. But to what extent? If it is only going to reduce them by a tiny amount, with no significant increase in that amount in the coming years, then we just can’t say that it will work. It has to work to the ...
@Christopher_M just googleSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 11:02PMIn reply to The Carbon Tax We Had To Have : @Christopher_M just google MMT . I don’t think what I have written can be only understood by a minority. Mostly I was complaining that NM is not an alternative blog. As Tad states, a true alternative point a view should resist the dominant neoliberal discourse. The author, in his responses, kind of demonstrates the power of this discourse, he is ...
Thanks, Gideon andSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 11:02PMIn reply to The Carbon Tax We Had To Have : Thanks, Gideon and Ben.b.shah for your thoughtful responses It is difficult to make sense of so much data when you have to constantly dive underneath to question the bias. I find it unfortunate that this blog is as polarised as it is with what seems an ungenerous attempt by the better informed to move the conversation forward. It would be great to have ...
Dr Tad - A medical doctorSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 11:02PMIn reply to The Carbon Tax We Had To Have : Dr Tad - A medical doctor claiming taxes on tobacco and alcohol have been of “limited effect”. Now I really have seen everything. I don’t normally get angry in comments, but your post made me angry. Angry enough to examine the peer-reviewed literature on the effect of price on tobacco consumption. Here’s a paper in the prestigious British Medical ...
@wideEyedPupil I do recallSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 11:02PMIn reply to The Carbon Tax We Had To Have : @wideEyedPupil I do recall an Ivy League University paper which calculated if all US corn … was devoted to ethanol it would not meet current, let alone projected, car fuel needs. And corn is much more calorie dense than bio waste. Now, now, you can’t go questioning the omniscience of the CSIRO , people will think you are a Monckton supporter ...
Sorry, figure 3 on page 51Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 11:02PMIn reply to The Carbon Tax We Had To Have : Sorry, figure 3 on page 51 of that PDF . @Dr_Tad — http://left-flank.blogspot.com/