Australia's Minister for Controlling the Climate, King Combet, has promised that millions of households will be better off under Carbon Tax Mark 3.
Who is he trying to fool?
There is only one tax on the people and that is total government spending. The carbon tax will increase that greatly. And the more complex the system, the more exemptions, the more rebates and the more cash handouts, the more will be wasted on government administration. We will pay more and get less value back.
Every tax levied by the government gets spread around until it rests with the people at the bottom of the pile. Consumers will see increased costs for electricity food and transport, retirees will see lower dividends, job seekers will see contraction of real jobs, other tax receipts will fall thus reducing government income, and too many of us will spend more time trying to join the ranks of the tax avoiders and rorters.
Can we believe that the same incompetents who delivered pink batts, cash-for-clunkers, schools renewals, a computer for every child and the Queensland Health Payroll will suddenly be able to handle the complexities and con-men in yet another money-churning vote-buying scheme?
None of this will have any effect whatsoever on climate, so why crucify ourselves further?
The world is moving on from the climate scam.
It's Time for Australia to move on.
Viv Forbes, Chairman, The Carbon Sense Coalition, has spent his life working in exploration, mining, farming, infrastructure, financial analysis and political commentary. He has worked for government departments, private companies and now works as a private contractor and farmer.
Viv has also been a guest writer for the Asian Wall Street Journal, Business Queensland and mining newspapers. He was awarded the “Australian Adam Smith Award for Services to the Free Society” in 1988, and has written widely on political, technical and economic subjects.
