Posted to The Australian on 11/1/2011 at 4:11 AM (Not published)
Commenting on “GST not on the tax summit agenda, says Julia Gillard”
Julia Gillard and the Labor Party have lost the plot. They are the most unfair Australians to give their fellow Australians a fair go. I wonder at times whether they are Australians at all.
If we have to pay GST for a processed / manufactured item or a service, for more than zero dollars, why shouldn’t an imported item for less than a thousand dollars be taxed? The recent outcry by some well known big retailers calling for online purchase under a thousand dollars from overseas be taxed created big divides in the community. It seems that most Australians are unfair and selfish, and bark up the wrong tree, that is, they interpret naively that the tax goes to the large retailers instead of the government.
Shame on those who argue so strongly opposing the tax and advocating purchasing from overseas; not only do they help to create employment overseas and improve their economy, but also unknowingly putting the nails to the small business operators’ coffins. China is truly the factory of the world, but now the rest of the world becomes the retail outlets.
As from 1 January 2011, an eligible person will receive taxable Paid Parental Leave (PPL) payments at the level of the Federal Minimum Wage, currently $543.78 a week, for a maximum period of 18 weeks. Bad luck to those child carers who are not engaged in continuous work - underemployed, causal workers. Many of these unfortunate Australians want to work fulltime to supplement their income, but jobs aren’t available. The most unfortunate underclass Australians are those who don’t even have a job. This does not apply only to the blue-collar workers, but also professionals like teachers.
It is disgraceful that Julia Gillard sides the online shoppers; even worse than that is the PPL scheme, which favours the have’s and is unfair to the “less privileged”.
Australians are getting more and more hypocritical. There were campaigns to buy Australian products – well, since we don’t have much to offer the “Buy Australian” is a bit of a joke. However, even with this flop, how about at least give the Australian small businesses a chance to survive, and allow them continue employing those ungrateful people. May be it’s time to change the slogan “Buy Australian” to “Buy from Australian”.
