The Thompsons fight on from the USA: a business ruined by green-tape and the Australian Carbon Tax

This came in from Joanne this morning and although I am trying to get out of here to go to work....I had to post this first. This is the real impact of the green movement. We really do need to get that! Please follow the below link for the whole story. RK

Finally the update you've been waiting for... Whatever happened to Matt and Janet Thompson?



Matt and Janet are skeptics who ran a Beef Feedlot from Narrogin, Western Australia (2 hours SE of Perth). When they spoke out against climate change policies, onerous license changes were added that drove them to bankruptcy. Readers here and at Watts Up raised over $30,000 dollars as they faced eviction in Sept 2010. (It was the first time skeptics around the world had been asked to help a cause like this, and the response was so overwhelming that Paypal still can't list all the donations we received on Sept 18th, 2010. It breaks their site).

The Thompsons write today with an update: they've decided it's unfeasible to try to run their business under these conditions and with the new carbon tax in Australia, and due to family reasons they've reluctantly left Australia, moved back to the USA with their four children (bad for Australia, but good for Uncle Sam). They've reached a settlement with the bank but fully intend to pursue their legal case against the Department of Environment in West Australia. I'm delighted to say that Matt and Janet's indomitable spirits survived these last two years, which pushed them to the brink and they are looking forward with great hope.

Their story in brief - a story I initially couldn't believe would happen in Australia

This all sounds so unlikely: surely good honest businesses couldn't go broke in a first world country because their owners spoke their minds? I've documented every statement below on this site. No one could run a business under these conditions.