Barely three months past the State election NSW Primer Mike Baird, Abbotts trumpet boy, is calling for a massive hike in the GST, something had he failed to mention before going to the polls in March. With his mate Tony Abbott nodding his approval in the background, Baird is calling for a 15% GST on everything, from apples to automobiles, a gigantic tax on everything, to be paid by the already battling ordinary Aussie, you and me.
With big and small business loath to pay its fair share of tax now, and with its ability to dodge or pocket the GST business is all for it. Oddly conservatives who are always telling us they are a “low tax regime” in government are the very ones who want to tax us out of existence

A hike in GST would be a massive hit to the marginal states, like qld, tas, sa, nt, and wa.
It is a front for Baird to say that, then again vic opposes any increase in GST.

Abbott has shown a reversion to his former tactics lately, even more captains picks have come up. He can't trust his party.

How often does Turnbull have to smooth over the lumps for him. It will take Labor to correct the company taxes and super taxes, so they pay a fair share to the coffers.

Hockey has tried to reign in expenditure and Abbott spends it like a drunken sailor on a binge in subic bay.

Very much so, Paul - tax is the nature of the beast.

We cannot refuse to pay taxes, but we CAN refuse to receive any of this stolen money, be it in the form of Medicare, welfare, government salaries and contracts, subsidies or any other favours. Once government can only hoard, but not expend our tax-money, they will be out of business.

Just don't make the error of differentiating between a "conservative" and "progressive" government - they are all one and the same and their sole existence is about milking and oppressing us, ordinary people, so don't disappoint yourself by superstitiously expecting one arm to save you from the other!

The Business Council of Australia, the representative mouth piece of the much publicized tax avoiding big business sector are saying "no change is no option" when it comes to a discussion on tax. Along with the Chamber of Commerce business representatives are demanding tax reform, now claiming it has to be above party politics, but is this just a euphemism for shifting the tax burden further away from business and onto the battling PAYE taxpayers by imposing a gigantic GST of 15% on everything.

Yuyutsu,

"We cannot refuse to pay taxes, but we CAN refuse to receive any of this stolen money, be it in the form of Medicare, welfare, government salaries and contracts, subsidies or any other favours. Once government can only hoard, but not expend our tax-money, they will be out of business."

Lol! - and we could also refuse to partake of the tax-funded electricity infrastructure that runs to our PCs and tablets that allows us to post comments like that online.

Paul,

But...but...the Abbott govt "axed the carbon tax" (even though no-one has noticed themselves $550 better off)...and the mining tax.

They are officially heroes - Hoorah!

Now they can go to the next election with a "Hike the GST" slogan - great stuff.

Yep the regressives luv Greek mentality. Huge Government spending but no one paying taxes.