Polls

Economic performance in 2012 for South Africa

  • is about the same as 2011 (50%, 1 Votes)
  • is better than 2011 (50%, 1 Votes)
  • is worse than 2011 (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 2

Start Date: 1 May, 2012 @ 10:49 pm
End Date: 31 December, 2012 @ 12:00 pm

What are Bitcoins to you?

  • An irrelevant, overhyped fad that is entirely unsuitable as a curency (80%, 4 Votes)
  • What's a Bitcoin? (20%, 1 Votes)
  • The future of currencies and transactions with security, anonymity and no central control or debasement (0%, 0 Votes)
  • An interesting idea, but I'm not sure what it means practically (0%, 0 Votes)
  • An important complement to traditional money (0%, 0 Votes)
  • An irrelevant, overhyped fad (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 5

Start Date: 1 May, 2012 @ 10:45 pm
End Date: 31 December, 2012 @ 12:00 pm

How should we be financing our freeways?

  • The eTolls infrastructure has already been built. It's an imperfect system, but since we've spent the money already we may as well use it. (100%, 1 Votes)
  • Licence renewal fees should go up. That way we can tailor the cost to the type of vehicle and its impact on the road without fancy eTolls. (0%, 0 Votes)
  • A one-off wealth-tax could raise enough money to pay for the roads and decrease income inequality. It might hurt, but the positive benefits in the medium term would be worth it. (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Government should borrow additional money to pay for it. Our children can deal with the problem - we have enough of our own. (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Why should we pay for something we didn't ask for? Government didn't have a mandate to spend that much money on roads. I don't care about the consequences, I'm not paying (0%, 0 Votes)
  • The eTolls are appropriate - pay for use. Why should drivers outside Gauteng pay for Gauteng freeways through a fuel levy or income tax? Now we must leverage the eTolls system to greater benefit (0%, 0 Votes)
  • A Fuel Levy would be more efficient and encourage fuel efficiency, lower pollution (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Increase my income tax. Roads should be paid for through general government revenues anyway and the rich should pay more since they can afford it. (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Increase VAT. That way everybody pays for it and not just the rich. Tax is too progressive already and VAT is more difficult to dodge. (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 1

Start Date: 1 May, 2012 @ 10:28 pm
End Date: 31 July, 2012 @ 12:00 pm

Who will default before 31 December 2011?

  • Greece (43%, 3 Votes)
  • None of the above (29%, 2 Votes)
  • South Africa (14%, 1 Votes)
  • Italy (14%, 1 Votes)
  • The US (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Ireland (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Portugal (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Spain (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 7

Start Date: 1 August, 2011 @ 11:32 pm
End Date: 1 September, 2011 @ 11:32 pm

Expansionary monetary policy is:

  • A useful policy tool to manage the business cycle and cyclical unemployment (43%, 3 Votes)
  • A path to inflation, depreciation, damaged price information and a stagnant economy (29%, 2 Votes)
  • Sometimes a useful tool but completely over used recently (29%, 2 Votes)
  • Required for low unemployment (0%, 0 Votes)
  • A red herring from more important economic policy issues (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 7

Start Date: 1 August, 2011 @ 11:26 pm
End Date: 1 October, 2011 @ 11:26 pm

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