Ajax wrote on Oct 30
th, 2013 at 9:43am:
Chimp_Logic wrote on Oct 29
th, 2013 at 12:28pm:
lots of goodies for Australian polluters and mining corporations - 83% of which are foreign owned
Notice how the WA state is essentially bankrupt, even though the state has been benefiting from several decades of a mining boom
I'm getting old chimp I cant see a damn thing on that table.
the important figures are the total subsidies listed at the bottom for each financial year.
All figures seem to be OVER 10 billion dollars per annum Mr Ajax
I am sure you are impressed with this level of corporate social welfare Mr Ajax.
The fossil fuel sectors and mining sectors employ about 3% of the total Australian workforce and are 83% foreign owned. (there are more people employed by the Queensland tourism industry)
If you do the simple math, it actually costs the Average Australian to have a fossil fuel and mining export industry in this country. And this is not surprising seeing as WE only own about 17% of it and dish out tax payer subsidies and perks every year to the tune of billions. And most importantly, we legislate generous tax evasion schemes for these big corporates.
And of course when Howard was in for a decade he neglected the infrastructure the mining boom needed to grow.
Of course the big foreign owned corporations go with hat in hand asking for socialist welfare handouts and incentives in order build the infrastructure THEY use.
And YOU are worried about a pissy little Carbon Tax?
(Sweden has had a carbon tax for over 25 years - currently it is set at about $140 per tonne. The Swedish economy has grown about 35% during this period of Carbon taxation. Look around Ajax, do the sums, follow the money trails - they all lead to the same fascists)