Buying into the Carbon Tax Scam Proving to be Costly
That piper always seems to demand payment.
Six weeks into the carbon tax regime, price hikes are starting to hit hip pockets as power bills drop into letterboxes.
Queensland Chamber of Commerce and Industry president David Goodwin said the “weird distortions’’ were becoming apparent.
“We are finding that ordinary supermarkets like the local IGA may be up for up to $15,000 on the carbon tax alone if they have to re-gas their giant refrigeration system,’’ Mr Goodwin said. “Somehow these guys are going to have find ways to cover these extra costs.’‘
The Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie) faces a 30 per cent increase in electricity for the month of July, well above the 9 per cent increase predicted by the Federal Government.
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Headmaster Jonathan Hensman said Churchie had struggled to become energy-efficient, employing everything from external louvres to power factor connection mechanisms to stop power leakage. Now he estimates the school will have to find an extra $1400 a week to meet the cost of the carbon tax.“Given what we have done it’s a bit disappointing,’’ he said.
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Without entering into the carbon tax debate one way or the other (although I don’t think using ‘scam’ is helpful), you should note that this is a hugely politicized debate in Australia that needs to be factored in when reading any reports. It is clear that significant energy infrastructure costs contribute substantially to price hikes as well, and there are also claims that some businesses have been somewhat opportunistic in raising prices and blaming the carbon tax (couple of high profile instances have been caught out in this).
In essence, the Federal Government wants to minimize the impact of the carbon tax, while some State Governments (esp. Queensland) are all too keen to talk it up. The reality is somewhere between the two messages, and media reports need to be read with care (as always).
[1] Posted by Tim Harris on 8-10-2012 at 12:51 AM · [top]
Man-made global warming has as much science behind it as another highly publicized myth - genetic causes of homosexuality. For those who are not keeping up, let me summarize that quantity for you. Zero, zip, nada.
Hence - the word “scam.”
I find the word highly illustrative as it aptly demonstrates what a smoke and mirrors game man made global warming happens to be. Carbon taxing is just another scam that people like, why yes, Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, Reid - to name but a few would like to impose upon us here in the U.S. As in all good scams, follow the money is the best policy. If you haven’t had an opportunity to follow the money on the carbon tax scams, do yourself a favor and walk that yellow brick road.
[2] Posted by Jackie on 8-10-2012 at 07:20 AM · [top]
If you don’t like the word SCAM then a slightly longer description is just as accurate: socialist income redistribution program. Is that better?
[3] Posted by Capt. Father Warren on 8-10-2012 at 07:42 AM · [top]
“If you don’t like the word SCAM then a slightly longer description is just as accurate: socialist income redistribution program. Is that better? “
And your problem with that is….?
John Sandeman
[4] Posted by obadiahslope on 8-10-2012 at 08:11 AM · [top]
The best part is how open and honest our friends like AlGore are about the cost of Cap N’ Trade. Check this out…start at 2:33…a nice grubbing from a good Texan…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQimtPoKb_8&playnext=1&list=PL468D586D916979A4&feature=results_main
[5] Posted by B. Hunter on 8-10-2012 at 11:40 AM · [top]
Tim,
” I don’t think using ‘scam’ is helpful”
Certainly not to those who support the tax, but who cares, as long as it’s accurate.
It’s a bait and switch. This is supposedly done because of an ecological concern, but as has been documented, schemes like this won’t do a thing to help the ecology. They are intended to be redistribution schemes: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/101703.
Why isn’t this a scam? Taking people’s money under false pretenses. Seems fair to me.
“some businesses have been somewhat opportunistic in raising prices and blaming the carbon tax”
Businesses raise prices as much as they can, without pricing themselves out of the market. If they could raise prices and “get away” with it, they would without the need for an “excuse”. Was there some sort of anti-trust violation?
You don’t give even a single example of what you are talking about. Can you link to a single example of what you mean, so that we can evaluate the evidence of a specific case.
Or should we just take your word for it?
“In essence, the Federal Government wants to minimize the impact of the carbon tax”
Wouldn’t the best way to do that be by not having one?
[6] Posted by SpongJohn SquarePantheist on 8-10-2012 at 12:07 PM · [top]
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