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Originally Posted by Paddy
Well... taxes don't increase my bank account, but they sure make me richer. They've provided me with education, health care, roads, police, safety, telecommunications infrastructure, scientific research, quarantine, a military if we need one, social security so that people can have enough to eat and don't have to resort to crime to live, some regulation of business and finance so corruption is not rampant. Lots of things. If you want to see how rich you can be without taxes, have a look at Pakistan. Only 1% of the population pay tax. Great place to live?
And I'm more than happy to pay the true cost of things, to pay for things that don't ruin the planet. There is only one planet like Earth that we know of. Looking after it is a lot more important to me than a big house, big car or big TV and we can change our industries without losing jobs. We have done it before - the jobs will just change over time. How many stonemasons are there now compared to 1860?
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Telecommunications privatised, roads privatised, electricity privatised, water privatised, transport privatised. The government wants this carbon tax because it is not earning the revenue from the utility's any more.
The military wastes 1 billion dollars a year in Afghanistan let alone the other campaigns that it is involved in.
I do not mind paying tax. Everybody pays tax weather they like it or not (GST). We do need to pay tax.
But when I see my tax dollar that helped pay for all of that infrastructure going to private companies, sold without the peoples permission makes me feel sick.
The roads in Australia are terrible, the medical system is flawed, our education system is a joke. The cost of water, electricity, telecommunications is going up because the share holder has to make a 10% profit every year.
You don't really believe that a carbon tax will help our Country or the planet do you?
Only 10% of the money from that tax is going to go to renewable energy.
It shows that the government just wants more money from the people.
Another TAX to add to the long list of taxes that we already pay.
If the government was serious about reducing CO2 emissions, 100% of the revenue would go to greener energy and greener manufacturing techniques.
The Government could not get their 12 billion mining tax so this is the second choice, use climate change as an excuse.
Yes we do need to stop polluting the planet. Like I said before in another post. Turn off the streetlights and the multi story building lights and all of the other lights that are on for no reason (other than to make things look good). And we will have an instant reduction in CO2 emissions. and save the taxpayer millions.
Phil