Painless Punishment?

The Australian government claims that their carbon tax will not hurt.

The whole aim of the tax is to punish those who use carbon minerals or carbon energy so that they use less of them. So if it don't hurt, it won't work.

There is no such thing as painless punishment.

Viv Forbes——Bio and Archives

Viv Forbes, Chairman, The Carbon Sense Coalition, has spent his life working in exploration, mining, farming, infrastructure, financial analysis and political commentary. He has worked for government departments, private companies and now works as a private contractor and farmer.

Viv has also been a guest writer for the Asian Wall Street Journal, Business Queensland and mining newspapers. He was awarded the “Australian Adam Smith Award for Services to the Free Society” in 1988, and has written widely on political, technical and economic subjects.