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Originally Posted by multiweb
Err... sorry no. The more you tax people here the less competitive our manufacturing industry is. So it's cheaper to manufacture overseas. Supply and demand. The stuff will get produced offshore. As a result overseas polluters who don't abide by the carbon footprint taxes because either they have none or don't give a rat's a$$ anyway will pump double the amount of crap in the atmosphere because their production facilities are a lot less cleaner than in Oz. So, see... back to the drawing board.
You want to make things better. You invest in domestic businesses giving them tax cut to reduce their CO2 output. Not penalising them. Giving them incentives.
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Ummh, sorry you did not read the original question or my reply very well. He asked what it was and I answered his question. Nowhere did I say it was either a good or a bad idea I simply explained the idea. Apparently not simply enough, my apologies.
Brian