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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Have you ever taken the time to calculate how much you spend on goods that will have this tax on them? I'm assuming the company you drive for covers your fuel costs so that would leave leisure fuel and enmax/direct energy? How much does the average person realistically spend on these bills monthly? And how much of a percentage of their earnings or bills does that make up? Say you spend $600/month on those bills, 20% would be $120/month, a switch to a more fuel efficient car could in some cases make that difference up entirely, while saving you even more as you would be spending less on fuel which would mean you pay less tax in the first place.
I get where you are coming from as far as potentially needing to make cuts, but so many use the sob story examples like yours about taking your kids out of ballet, rather than say well I guess there is something else I could do which wouldn't be so bad. Sounds to me like you are more than capable of finding a solution to this issue, I would even suggest that someone in your position could actually manage this tax with minimal impact. I may be wrong, but I find it interesting that someone in a reasonable paying job is claiming this tax will hurt them financially while at the same time adamantly opposing a minimum wage increase, if a tax is gonna make your life difficult at your income, think about how those families handle their day to day lives even without the tax.
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Has the government bothered to do that calculation? No, they have based their costs solely on the energy use of the average family and have ignored the cost it will add to everything else. Really tell me, what else can I do with costs rising? Shut the heat completely off, I guess I can do that. The minimum wage increase has different implications, I am against it because it is resulting in people having less money overall and I already know someoone who is dealing with less work hours now because of it.
Think about more tax, and people with less money, I know that you don't believe that is happening even though it is.
We drive a Versa FFS, how much smaller can a family of 4 go.