Government not paying attention to…

Too little Government attention is given to the stuff that really matters.

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19th January, 2012

Global financial crisis

Every government has issues it hopes will go away. They don’t. Here are some for our one. Our Emissions Trading Scheme is looking like a dog’s breakfast, and/or something the US Congress dredged up, and/or a policy designed in the Muldoon era. It is almost certainly inefficient and probably not contributing much either. Water is abundant (sometimes too abundant) here, but in many countries, the surplus water supply is diminishing from increased use. Their aquifers are run down ...

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