Belly the Ruddster has run out of puff and yet his honeymoon period has just ended.He should not have kept the subsidy for for LPG conversions since this would have taken the pressure off "working families",but no,vindictive Kev just terminates any good policies left by the Coalition to prove a point.The man is a fool.He does not listen to common sense.Mark Latham thinks likewise.The Cliche Kid will destroy Aust just like Carr and Iemma have done to NSW.

Steel, although I bashed Rudd, I have no love for the other side.

Like you, I also see both parties as 'almost identical '.

In fact I haven't seen a politician in recent years that I wouldn't scrape off the sole of my shoe with a stick. They are all filth. They are money-grabbing, uncaring, selfish, greedy oxygen thieves.

Freediver you jest surely?
Sit down and add up the tax you pay annually on fuel just you.
Consider one single interstate transport truck and how much it uses.
Such trucks can travel 5.000 klm a week.
Yes I can back it up even you can if you look we pay many bills with fuel tax moneys.
And yes like it or not a huge hole in our economy would be formed if we did not tax fuel.
We however pay too much tax on our fuel.
All party's have overlooked the impacts of high priced fuel.
NONE are fair dinkum about enforcing better economy from our cars , exploring for new fuels.
Like NSW and poker machines our ivory tower dwelling Polly's are addicted to tax, so is our economy.
However the thought Rudd is finished? come laugh with me its a great grin.
Typical of a conservative movement that has not yet come to terms with its self destruction.
Only they could think it.
The polls read the polls if we held an election today.
Right now.
Rudd would win an even bigger margin.
As I leave for work I feel warm and comfortable , not a warm jumper in this 2 below morning.
The so very wrong thought conservatives just have to wait, not work for a return to power is hugely funny.

"Yes I can back it up even you can if you look we pay many bills with fuel tax moneys.

Then back it up. That sounds more like an uneducated guess to me. Yes we pay a lot of fuel tax. Did you also realise that roads cost a lot of money?

"Such trucks can travel 5.000 klm a week.

What's your point here?

"All party's have overlooked the impacts of high priced fuel.

No they haven't. They have considered it and put the high taxes on because it makes sense. Lowering fuel taxes may win a few votes, but it is bad for the economy.

"NONE are fair dinkum about enforcing better economy from our cars , exploring for new fuels.

Yes they are. The most economically efficient way to improve economy is to hike up fuel taxes. There are plenty of vehicles around that are far more economical than the average aussie vehicle, even for the same carrying capacity. People should be free to choose a gas guzzler, so long as they pay for the impact. Mandatory efficiency standards are a dumb idea from an economic perspective.

freediver>"The most economically efficient way to improve economy is to hike up fuel taxes."

Yes because price inflation and high taxation is a good thing for millions of Australians (sarcasm).

You don't ahve to icnrease the total tax burden. There are plenty of arbitrary taxes which can (and should) be reduced to compensate. This will also offset the inflationary impacts.

There is almost universal consensus among economists that this is the way to go. Any other scheme also has costs. It's just that they are hidden.