Quote:What are the odds on a GST rise?
Date
August 12, 2013
Be prepared, a rise in the GST is on the cards.
When Joe Hockey, the man likely to become the next Federal Treasurer, says that all options will be considered as part of achieving a revamped tax system, that screams a message, "negotiations are open to increase the GST".
Would you feel much better if Abbott stated
"there will be no GST increase under a government I lead"???
Perhaps not.
The fact remains that our taxation system is being regularly reviewed by both parties when they are in power, and this alone should not be a cause of alarm to the hand wringing set.
KRudd's scare tactic is just that, a scare tactic.
He might have had better luck with a Workchoices scare campaign instead.
Either way, Rudd's lies and scare tactics are clearly being seen through for what they are.
He is clearly quite desperate.