Steve Forbes C E O of Forbes Global when asked the question on 774 this morning reference his opinion of the proposed introduction of a carbon tax Answered by saying that no other Western World has it on the agenda And Australia been a minnow in the Industrial world would have no effect or influence on others in the present climate of financial crisis they are in it would only be putting the Australian community through pain and hardship He also concluded that a host of other ways would be more prudent