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I posted this in the "Gillard Govt" thread not realising this thread had opened......
Setting aside the obvious comments about Ms Gillard having caught the "backflip" virus, the likelihood of the Carbon Tax is now looking like a done deal (unexpected by-elections excepted).
Personaly I think it is a stupid idea and the cost is ultimately going to be borne by the man in the street.
The biggest tax/cost will be aimed at the coal fueled power stations. Naturaly the cost will be passed on to the consumers. If you think power prices went up recently, wait until you see the flow on effect of this tax.
The second biggest polluter tax/cost to be passed on, will be be at cars/trucks etc. I'm currious to see whether this will be passed on as a user pays tax by adding a few cents to the price of fuel or will they bang it onto the annual registration of any and every vehicle regardless of the extent the vehicle pollutes?
No wonder the NSW Labor Government was in such a hurry to unload the state owned power industry. They didn't want to/couldn't afford to pick up the infrastructure & maintance costs and probably knew the back flip tax was comming. Let it be the privatised owners carrying the bogeyman label for increased power costs and not them.
Not good.
Setting aside the obvious comments about Ms Gillard having caught the "backflip" virus, the likelihood of the Carbon Tax is now looking like a done deal (unexpected by-elections excepted).
Personaly I think it is a stupid idea and the cost is ultimately going to be borne by the man in the street.
The biggest tax/cost will be aimed at the coal fueled power stations. Naturaly the cost will be passed on to the consumers. If you think power prices went up recently, wait until you see the flow on effect of this tax.
The second biggest polluter tax/cost to be passed on, will be be at cars/trucks etc. I'm currious to see whether this will be passed on as a user pays tax by adding a few cents to the price of fuel or will they bang it onto the annual registration of any and every vehicle regardless of the extent the vehicle pollutes?
No wonder the NSW Labor Government was in such a hurry to unload the state owned power industry. They didn't want to/couldn't afford to pick up the infrastructure & maintance costs and probably knew the back flip tax was comming. Let it be the privatised owners carrying the bogeyman label for increased power costs and not them.
Not good.