Tony Abbott:"If you want to put a price on carbon why not just do it with a simple tax."

Source: David Speers Sky News Interview with Tony Abbott.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5QXblcJAr4&feature=youtu.be
Min 9.15
July 2009

Tony Abbott:"If you want to put a price on carbon why not just do it with a simple tax. Why not ask motorists to pay more?
Why not ask electricity consumers to pay more?

And then at the end of the year, you can take your invoices to the tax office and get a rebate on the carbon tax you paid.

It would be burdensome, all taxes are burdensome, but it would certainly change the price on carbon, raise the price of carbon without increasing in any way the overall tax burden."

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• price on carbon
• carbon tax
• carbontax
• tony abbott
• opposition leader
• liberal party
• coalition
• australia
• politics
• #carbontax
• climate change
• #climatechange

[geeksrulz]

China to levy carbon tax before 2015

China's biggest energy-consuming companies are likely to face a direct tax on carbon dioxide emissions by 2015, the Xinhua-backed Economic Information Daily reported on Thursday, citing government sources.

[geeksrulz]

What did Mr Abbott mean when he said that if you want to put a price on carbon why not do it with a simple tax? He even wanted to put a tax on petrol?

How can someone, who is so vehemently opposed to a price on carbon, even contemplate the possibility of such legislation. His belief is that the carbon price will destroy the economy, wipe Whyalla of the map and mean the end of the mining industry.

If the legislation is really that bad, it is totally irresponsible to ever have considered it.

[geeksrulz]

Tony Abbott:"If you want to put a price on carbon why not just do it with a simple tax? Why not ask motorists to pay more?

Why not ask electricity consumers to pay more?

And then at the end of the year, you can take your invoices to the tax office and get a rebate on the carbon tax you paid.

It would be burdensome, all taxes are burdensome, but it would certainly change the price on carbon, raise the price on carbon without increasing in any way the overall tax burden."

[PocketJaces]

How has this video not had more views?

[enfourski]

@ToodyayComputers I don't know why he said it. But he's mentioning something that yeah you can do. It wasn't a policy announcement and he doesn't even agree with it. If anyone has watched whats gone on in Canberra the past couple of weeks in the Labor party, with all the truth coming out, plus all the lies we've received from Gillard, to me this 1 minute video means nothing haha

[ToodyayComputers]

@enfourski So why did he say this?

[Adirtybird]

@ihatelameusernames What was wrong with work choices? Oh maybe you are one of those dudes that logs the hours of the week as "work".. when i get paid for doing fuck all !, "pissin on" when i get drunk ! And sleeping. Work choices brings all the worlds best work place practices into one that will allow aust to compete on a global scale to retain the jobs we now have.... Or are GM Ford and Toyota looking to abandon us for shits and giggles????? Time to think for all over You.

[Adirtybird]

@geeksrulz Ah but a tax of only 5 cents by 2015

[enfourski]

Tony Abbott doesn't want a carbon tax and never has wanted one. That is the reason he took Malcolm Turnbull's job, otherwise we would have already had a market based mechanism. The carbon tax is a fucking stupid idea. If it really needs to be done financially then it should be done through a cap and trade, or emissions trading scheme. Not yet ANOTHER tax.

[IsDucasse]

@PocketJaces

well I think the title might have shooed away belligerent right wing people who like to rabble on youtube and yahoo 7 without solid (or any) arguments. not even daring to view a contrary idea, even if it comes from their own opposition leader :S