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Originally Posted by TrevorW
But I know people and I am sure you do too that have their aircon on 24/7 365 days of the year surely this is not needed. Either cooling or heating  |
I think you are making a lot of assumptions here Warren. I have a 93 year old mother who would fall into the category you are talking about. At 93 her body is not capable of controlling it's core temprature as well as yours and after working for 50 years why shouldn't she be comfortable, after all near every big office building in the country runs it's climate control system 24/7 even when empty.
I think the overall thought of improving the world we live in is a great idea but to impose a new tax on a very limitted few is a very unrealistic approach to fixing whatever aills us.
Education and inovation is the key to improvements in our world not the imposition of a new tax.
Companies all over Australia are running round like headless chooks trying to work out how they can get hold of this money. They are starting new departments to just fathom out how when and where.
To say that this will lead to new inovation within our power industry is rubbish. Most of the money will be absorbed in management and operational costs.
I work for an energy company which has been one of the leaders in renewable energy development for many years and new sections and departments have already been established to absorb this windfall for them. The big question is how much will actually hit the table and go into inovation or will we just see more of the same.
A tax on the working rich sounds good but the sit at home bludgers of the world will still just sit back and have a ball with no incentive to do anything. There are much bigger problems to overcome than Australias tiny involvement in climate change.
We treat our pensioners worse than we treat terrorists. At least a terrorist in jail gets 3 square meals a day.
Time Australia looked seriously at the way we are governed or should I say overgoverned. Local shires, State governments, Fedral Government. Lots of government but not a whole lot to show for it. Most of our minerals go offshore, gas goes offshore, wood goes offshore, seems like we are being raped of our natural resources and government just sit back and allow it to happen and when they need another dollars for another luncheon with an Indian or Chinese diplomat the slug our workers with another tax.
I, for one am sick of paying for some shinny arses lunch each day. Over my entire working life have NEVER received a cent from Government towards any of my expences. I have always earned too much to get any hand outs but can honestly say I have paid plenty towards others hand outs.
I have worked long hours, educated my children to benifit this country, have paid significant tax throughout the years and am sick of being part of the Governments bank balance and lunch money.
If this is political TOUGH.