Jerk of the Week: Kevin Rudd
Well it wasn’t long before the Ruddster became Jerk of the week, and what better reason than Climate Change. This line in Monday’s Crikey says it all:
The surrender is virtually complete. Our biggest polluters have won, and the rest of us will be paying for it under a joke of an emissions trading scheme that encompasses a significant transfer of wealth to our largest polluters.
Rudd was elected in no small part for his committment to climate change. A 5% reduction is about as pathetic as it gets. And to make matters worst the big polluting industries all get exemptions or subsidies, so what’s the point. The idea is to create an economic incentive to reduce your carbon emissions, this trading scheme doesn’t even come close.
Last week, when watching the 7:30 Report I was surprised to hear Rudd refer to “environmental extremists”. I thought at the time “there goes any chance of a half decent ETS”. Looks like I was right and he’s already had a good swipe at a pretty large group of people who see this for what is it: a pretty half arsed Emissions Trading Scheme.
And for that, you Mr Rudd, are Jerk of the week.
