Normally I wouldn't bother posting about this as I couldn't give a fig how much people spend on cigarettes and
grog....
However, the other day, whilst in the supermarket queue I saw a punter fork out a hundred bucks for his
cancerettes….I thought to myself...I bet his next stop is the liquor shop....sure enough.....he goes in and comes
out with a carton....
Googling found the following...
Fags in Australia have doubled in price since 2008 and are now the most expensive in the world...
Tobacco excise delivered a massive $12.5 billion to government coffers in the last financial year. However, this tax is particularly cruel at a time of zero wage growth....and we know that the lowly paid punters are the ones that need their durries.....
In 2019, the federal government was estimated to have pocketed $3.6 billion in alcohol tax.
Australia’s alcohol tax is the fourth-highest in the world..42% of the purchase price in tax....
The alcohol tax hike on the 3.2.2020 is the 71st consecutive hike, with the next hike expected to hit on 1 August 2020.
According to the World Health Organisation, excise taxes on alcohol are proven to reduce the harmful use of alcohol and help governments offset economic costs of alcohol abuse..yeah right...what would they know....
AND then theres the taxes we pay on petrol....the GST...the CGT....Pokie tax...gambling tax....
ALL with after tax dollars..(after we've paid income tax...)
AND they wonder why people protest.....
After the average punter buys his fags, his grog, fills up the car, pays his rent....
Whats he got left....
Sweet fuck all.....
AND they wonder why people protest...
I think its called frustration....a release....a protest against the systems under which we live....
Nothing to do with BLM....
Just a release....AND we wonder why society is going down the gurgler....
Your turn Valkie.....
To discover those who rule over you, first discover those who you cannot criticize...Voltaire
Its coming...the rest of the world versus islam....or is it here already...
