Question Time Official Thread

[afleitch]

The Secretary of Internal Affairs shall open a thread in the "Atlas Fantasy Elections" board for the purpose of commentary and questions from the citizens, as well as good-hearted jabs for the purpose of livening political debate.

And it be done.

I will moderate ensuring that questions go the right people and that politicians answer them I'll open up the questions for 72 hours then allow responses (or lack thereof) and then 24 hours of supplimentary questions

Afleitch; SOIA     

[afleitch]

Is there any hope of true climate change legislation (i.e. Cap and Trade, a Carbon Tax, etc.) passing before the end of this term?

BTW, I guess this would be directed towards the SoIA.

Duly noted

I think that while climate change is clearly a highly rated and highly concernable threat, 'realpolitik' kicks in at times of economic uncertainty. There is, without a doubt a waryness amongst some to support legislation that may have an effect on employment in this country at least in the short term. Environmental legislation along the lines of what you have mentioned also falls into the time old arguement about a carrot v stick approach to taxation on industry and businesses. I have always been in favour of rewarding and incentivising business who adhere to certain practices rather than penalising them and I would certainly support legislation to that effect.

[afleitch]

What actually is SoIA doing?

The Vice President outlined precisely what I've been working on in his post in this thread.