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- From: hoconnel@iti.org (Heath O'Connell)
- Newsgroups: aus.politics
- Subject: Re: GST - double tax?
- Date: 18 Dec 1992 00:43:14 GMT
- Organization: The University of Adelaide
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- References: <1992Dec4.095631.165309@dstos3.dsto.gov.au> <1992Dec7.025843.6941@cs.su.oz.au> <1992Dec16.100050.165372@dstos3.dsto.gov.au>
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- Michael Pilling writes:
-
- >Come one now, massive tax cuts for the rich, not so for the
- >poor(because they already pay less tax). Taxing people who
- >were never taxed before - an inability to compensate people
- >who have saved for the one off devaluation of their
- >money.
-
- "Not so for the poor", the Coalition would raise the tax free threshold from
- $5,400 to $7,000, and similarly would lower the tax rate for people earning
- less than $20,000. As for them never being taxed before, they must have shown
- remarkable restraint never to have bought petrol or chocolate biscuits.
-
- >>I don't own one of your crystal balls, I tend to vote purely
- >>on the basis of past performance (in the case of governments)
-
- >In that case you would vote labor I presume.
-
- Good past performances, or bad? I guess Ray was not specific (I can't
- think of any other reason why this presumption could have been made).
-
-
-
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