Trevor Wilson
Guest
Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:47 pm
kreed wrote:
Quote:
On Jul 7, 12:11 pm, Sylvia Else <syl...@not.here.invalid> wrote:
On 7/07/2011 10:14 AM, kreed wrote:
On Jul 6, 9:15 pm, kreed<kenreed1...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Jul 6, 7:35 pm, "Phil Allison"<phi...@tpg.com.au> wrote:
"kreed"
none of it will make any difference as the carbon is not creating
any problems in the first place.
Julia will just lower your standard of living - for absolutely
nothing
Fortunately it seems about 60% of Australians have seen through
the bullshit.
** Only 60% ??
IMO - rabid greenies are thee only supporters of a CO2 based tax.
Thing is, the ALP are beholding to them for any hope of
re-election.
So much for democracy - eh ?
.... Phil
I agree with that 100%
In my post, I was just referring to the "official polls" published
in the mainstream media, they show approximately 60% against the
carbon tax.
I personally think this is greatly understating the opposition to
it.
From what I hear in the general community, it would be more like
90% against. For the first time ever, I am hearing more and
more raw anger brewing among people over this and many other things
I was close, it was a lucky guess. Take a look at "today's poll" at
the
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au website
"Can the government on Sunday persuade the public the carbon tax is
necessary and viable?"
currently 92 % say NO.
That's a different question. Essentially it's asking people not what
their own attitude is to the carbon tax, but what they think is the
attitute of other people to it.
Whether people realise that that's what they're being asked, and
answer accordingly, is another matter entirely.
Sylvia.
Just the same, 90% of people think that other people don't approve of
it,
**No. That is not what was asked and not what Sylvia was alluding to. The
government has an apalling record of communicating with the public. The
question related directly to this fact. NOT the carbon tax per se.
and
Quote:
generally people will be biased to their own opinion when they answer,
or on what they
hear from other people when the subject is discussed.
Either way you look at it, this means that a significant majority of
people dont support the tax.
**So? Governments often do stuff that no one wants. Here's a short (and very
incomplete) list of stuff that our government has done that was not popular
(and did not require a mandate to do):
* Abolish capital punishment.
* Send young men to thier deaths in the Vietnam War.
* Send young men to their deaths in the Korean War.
* Send young men to their deaths in the Afghan War.
* Send young men to their deaths in the Iraq War.
* Switch to decimal currency.
* Switch to the Metric system.
* Etc.
The government does not have to consult with the public for every decision
it makes. That is just a delusion implanted by Abbott.
If you don't like the carbon tax/ETS, then you can vote for Abbott at the
next election. He has promised to dismantle the carbon tax/ETS and replace
it with his dodgy, discredited, fully taxpayer funded waste of money.
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Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au
