Abbott's carbon tax confusion

[drsmith]

Re: Abbotts carbon tax confusion.

Not withstanding what joea pointed out... I can think of quite a few things I believed in 2009 that I have changed my mind on.

Why cannot a politician change their mind in light of new/better information?

Julia Gillard's new/better information.

 

[IFocus]

Re: Abbotts carbon tax confusion

At least John Howard had the decency and integrity to take his never-ever GST to an election. Sure he lost it over Work Choices and he was severely punished.

Gillard should do the same - what's she scared of...lol. Yes, she knows very few want a bar of it. Gillard will face the same punishment as John Howard if she imposes this unwanted tax, imo.

John Howard called elections when it best suited JH I am sure Gillard will be will be trying to do the same but given the current climate for Labor a lot will have to change before Gillard will voluntarily go to the polls for any reason.

 

[noco]

Re: Abbotts carbon tax confusion

Anyone tell me how much per tonne carbon is going to be? Anyone here show me some projected numbers of across the board costings for industry/punters/Australia. Anyone here evidence what the actual costs are going to be for fuel/electricity/food? Anyone like to share a study on how many jobs will be lost or gained or even how it will affect the local council costs?

NUP ........ thought not. Because there is none. We have been shown and told by the Guvmint that we all will be better off and so will the country.

But wait ........ what is this?



http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...-much-better-off/story-fn59niix-1226070948491

Damn right I wanna be $8000 a year better off in the year 2020. That is not even a $18 a week I am better off in 8.5 years time. Average wage in Aussie land is $64,641 in 2011 according to the ABS. Lets just say for comedy purposes only we only earn $50,000 per annum then. Average pay rise in Aussie land is 4% per annum so therefore I DAMN WELL SHOULD BE $2000 per annum better off with NO CARBON TAX. This is just to cover the rising costs of living.

No wait ....... cost of living WILL GO UP with a carbon tax so therefore inflation will go up followed suit by interest rates ........... OH MY HEAD !

With all the hype put out by Swan at the Press Club today that we will all be better off under a carbon dioxide tax, let us see the details to substaniate his claim and have an independant economist, not a Labor Party stooge, analyse the truth.

I do not trust this Labor Government in what ever they say or do.

Another thing we never hear about from Gillard, Swan or Combet is the 10% of the collected CO2 tax that will go to the UN.

 

[drsmith]

Re: Abbotts carbon tax confusion

This is the crux of the matter,

"I went to the last election saying no carbon tax, I've been true to my word," he said.

"The prime minister went to the last election saying no carbon tax, and that's turned out to be a fundamental deception."

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-new...ing-a-rosy-fantasy-abbott-20110607-1fqah.html

 

[trainspotter]

Re: Abbotts carbon tax confusion

With all the hype put out by Swan at the Press Club today that we will all be better off under a carbon dioxide tax, let us see the details to substaniate his claim and have an independant economist, not a Labor Party stooge, analyse the truth.

I do not trust this Labor Government in what ever they say or do.

Another thing we never hear about from Gillard, Swan or Combet is the 10% of the collected CO2 tax that will go to the UN.

Only too glad to help noco.



Prime Minister Julia Gillard's carbon tax will be used to allow Australia to meet its share of a $100 billion-a-year United Nations fund to transfer wealth from rich countries to help undeveloped nations adapt to global warming.

The Gillard Government is party to a UN agreement which Climate Change Minister Greg Combet entered into in December at a meeting in Cancun, Mexico, under which about 10 per cent of carbon taxes in developed nations will go into a Green Climate Fund.

 

[Calliope]

Re: Abbotts carbon tax confusion.

And he doesn't actually think there is any serious problem with global warming anyway. So why waste energy actually doing anything about it ?

Global cooling is a bigger worry at the moment. Give me global warming anytime.

 

[Julia]

Re: Abbotts carbon tax confusion.

Global cooling is a bigger worry at the moment. Give me global warming anytime.

+1.

 

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