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Originally Posted by CDKPhil
I think we live in the best country in the world.
And there is no way I would live anywhere else.
But there are a lot of people in this country who are doing it quite tough.
who struggle to pay the bills and have enough money to live. Another tax will just add to this.
It makes me said to see governments with no long term plans for the future of this nation, only sort term grabs for cash. Or promises just to get reelected.
Phil
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I agree with your first point but if you think that this government is making the decisions about the future of our planet are being made for getting reelected than that is mad as the plan is making them less likely to be elected even though we need to make plans to keep the planet livable. And the only way this tax will make money is if its goal fails the tax is to reduce emissions not to make money.
The way I see it this government is looking to the future long term not the electoral cycle if it were the electoral cycle they would be doing the "POPULAR" thing to get reelected. This tax is not aimed at the battlers it is aimed at the emiters of CO2 and that is why the compensation will be there to ensure it doesn't impact on those least able to afford it.
And just to dispel the thought that I am Labor through and through I voted Green in the last election and will likely never vote Labor again.