Aussie wrote:I cannot believe you are so ignorant of how these things work.
Yes you are right. I didn't mean to make mention of the bill but rather the announcement which should be brought forward so that parliament can scrutinize the issue. All else remains the same, whilst Gillard seeks to woo the crowds first instead of preparing the bill for lower house debate, Abbott can use scare tactics to incite economic fear in the people and their purse strings.
This dribs and drabs approach is perfect for Abbott to scare the people and bad for good legislation.
Let me give you one little scare tactic yet to be used, so far as I am aware, but that will be used to its fullest effect as the dribs and drabs come out over the next few weeks.
The carbon tax is to be imposed upon the energy suppliers who will then pass it on to their residential and business customers, so it is not just the cost of utilities that will be impacted but all goods and services produced in Australia. Those costs will then be passed onto the customer so that the overall cost of living will rise by (insert up to scary percentage points here). Australian families cannot afford a further increase in the cost of living and the Gillard govt has no intention of compensating these consumer cost increases.
I wonder if a cabon excise will be added to imported products? If not, Abbott has yet another means at his disposal to scare the public as he spruiks the stagnating second speed economy becoming the contracting second speed economy.
In reality however, whilst this historic change has short term effects such as economic contraction and increased inflation, long term it creates a new clean energy and greener consumer market.
