Here are the questions we used for “Do They Do That In?”, the August 6 Podcast on BarnstormingPA. Listen here for answers!
- This country was the first on its continent to establish a national park in 1909.
- Artists, musicians and other creatives are guaranteed two years’ income every fifteen years when not able to work to support culture
- Has established 30 eco-municipalities since 2005.
- Has banned plastic bags
- This country sets penalties on speeding tickets based on income so that wealthier people pay more..
- Large companies that declare bankruptcy must first be offered for sale to the employees at favorable terms with government secured loans.
- This country has a 0% capital gains tax for people in lowest two tax brackets.
- This country was ranked #1 for business by Forbes magazine.
- This country incentivizes following by using a traffic camera that when not catching speeders records those at the speed limit and enters those people into a cash lottery.
- This country elects officials using online voting.
- This country has established a national endowment for content creation and social media that awards MacArthur-type grants for creative, useful content creation in areas such as wikis, apps, podcasts, and peer to peer video collaborations.
