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taxcuts

 

The Opposition appears likely to support the Government's proposed company tax cut in the face of threats by the Greens to torpedo the measure.

The 1 per cent cut is part of the mining tax package that also includes a boost to superannuation contributions by business to employees.

It was negotiated prior to the election to defuse a backlash from the big miners over the mining super profits tax, which would have raised $60 billion more over a decade.

Greens leader Bob Brown has vowed to oppose the cut, saying the money would be better spent on social programs like dental care than giving it back to business.

Mr Abbott says the Coalition, in principle, "strongly supports" company tax cuts.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/29/3176982.htm?section=justin

carbon tax and the planet...

Well Fran, we've always said that any of the revenue received from the permits which are sold to the largest polluters to reduce their pollution, every single cent of that would go either to households or to industry or to climate change programs. So it's very important that people understand that when you put a price on carbon, the revenue raised from that price goes back to assisting households and industry.

http://www.treasurer.gov.au/DisplayDocs.aspx?doc=transcripts/2011/033.htm&pageID=004&min=wms&Year=&DocType=

 

Speaking of tax, I heard

Speaking of tax, I heard that in new York there in an underestimated human population.
As we all know that in United States the Census is taken up every 10 years. The Constitution of the United States mandates that an "actual Enumeration" of the nation's population be made at least every ten years. This count tries to estimate the number of people in the states, so that representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers. It was said that the populace of New York City was underestimated. I read this here: New York City challenging Census counts; Detroit may follow.