Hey fellas needed to vent and this is as good a place as any. :evil:
What the **** is going on with the cost of living? I know it's different in every country but am I the only one who thinks governments and corporate giants are having a lend when it comes to what average people can afford to pay for what is essentially a modern day necessity like utilities. I think most of us are happy to pay our way at a reasonable rate for a decent standard of living but everyone has a limit.
Our Government has recently introduced a Carbon Tax designed to penalise our countries biggest polluters, namely electricity and gas providers. This extra cost of course is now flowing on to...you guessed it, consumers!
The thing that shits me the most is that the weak bastards are hiding behind the proverbial skirt of Global Warming as the reason for this being introduced, believe in GW or not it's just another excuse to bleed more money from the public.
We were told not to be worried and that we would hardly notice the change, well I received my first post Carbon Tax electricity bill recently and it has nearly doubled in price. My previous bill $475 for a 1/4 my new bill $835 for the same period and my bill for the same time last year $315.
Another example is we have just recently come out of a fairly full on drought so in it's wisdom our state government decided to build a desalination plant. Guess what, the rain returned as it has done for centuries in this country. The cost of this big fat white elephant?
24 billion dollars and we are contracted to pay as a state and extra 20 billion for the next 20 years to the builder. Our Dams are now 80% full again and we've been told that chances are the plant won't be needed now for roughly the next 10 years. Worst part is the plant has to sit there pumping the desalinated fresh water back into the ocean as if it's not operational it will deteriorate.
I know pollution is a serious problem but when you introduce a penalty and all that happens is it's passed on down the line it only boosts the coffers of Governments and adds further hardship to a public already doing it tough with massive job losses and an unstable economy highly reliant on a waining mining boom.
I've recently heard governments around the world are looking at Australia's model for Carbon Tax, hell they can con their public why can't we?
I'm not usually the type to get all uppity about stuff like this but no one else wants to listen so you guys have to cop it :lol:
Rant over and my head hurts!
What the **** is going on with the cost of living? I know it's different in every country but am I the only one who thinks governments and corporate giants are having a lend when it comes to what average people can afford to pay for what is essentially a modern day necessity like utilities. I think most of us are happy to pay our way at a reasonable rate for a decent standard of living but everyone has a limit.
Our Government has recently introduced a Carbon Tax designed to penalise our countries biggest polluters, namely electricity and gas providers. This extra cost of course is now flowing on to...you guessed it, consumers!
The thing that shits me the most is that the weak bastards are hiding behind the proverbial skirt of Global Warming as the reason for this being introduced, believe in GW or not it's just another excuse to bleed more money from the public.
We were told not to be worried and that we would hardly notice the change, well I received my first post Carbon Tax electricity bill recently and it has nearly doubled in price. My previous bill $475 for a 1/4 my new bill $835 for the same period and my bill for the same time last year $315.
Another example is we have just recently come out of a fairly full on drought so in it's wisdom our state government decided to build a desalination plant. Guess what, the rain returned as it has done for centuries in this country. The cost of this big fat white elephant?
24 billion dollars and we are contracted to pay as a state and extra 20 billion for the next 20 years to the builder. Our Dams are now 80% full again and we've been told that chances are the plant won't be needed now for roughly the next 10 years. Worst part is the plant has to sit there pumping the desalinated fresh water back into the ocean as if it's not operational it will deteriorate.
I know pollution is a serious problem but when you introduce a penalty and all that happens is it's passed on down the line it only boosts the coffers of Governments and adds further hardship to a public already doing it tough with massive job losses and an unstable economy highly reliant on a waining mining boom.
I've recently heard governments around the world are looking at Australia's model for Carbon Tax, hell they can con their public why can't we?
I'm not usually the type to get all uppity about stuff like this but no one else wants to listen so you guys have to cop it :lol:
Rant over and my head hurts!
