In business, unless the spending is truly wasteful and unnecessary, the solutions to your problems are not cost cutting, they are revenue raising.
Now some may argue that if revenue raising is the way business should do it why is that not the same as raising taxes? In simple terms Government rely on taxes that are a by product of successful business. Government should be all about encouraging business and individuals and not being an ever increasing burden.
+9999 Jabba
I run a small software business, 98%(literally) of our sales are exports... so far I haven't found anyone that can tell me (the website the gov pointed me to is full of spin and links that go in circles) how my business will be compensated for higher costs imposed as a result of the carbon tax (and no I can't use any less electricity than I do now).
I can't pass it on to our customers any more than I can the GST or my losses due to the high aussie dollar (software is typically priced in US dollars in the market I sell to).
This government is driving small business to the wall with red tape and taxes. Small business is where most people in Aus are employed.. there's a major recession coming.. only a matter of time.
This "carbon" is nothing more than poorly disguised socialist wealth distribution.. just like all the other failed schemes juliar and her cronies have conceived. Pity it won't make the tiniest bit of difference to the environment.
Bring on the election (oh and I wish the liberals would dump abbot.. but that's another matter!).
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