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Old 12-07-2016, 09:33 AM   #5108
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I agree with you that a tax on everything isn't prudent but you can't complain that something was a disaster when it accomplished exactly what it was supposed to accomplish.
Absolutely you can, especially when the consequences are so great. $8 billion per year axed out of the Australian economy, power prices rise 25%, cost of everything else rises. Individuals and small business bear the burden - article doesn't say but the clear implication is that some small businesses closed and people lost jobs.

And what did it achieve?

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little to no impact on global climate change.
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