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Letters of 26 May 2021: Taxation and debt a deadly mix May 27, 2021 – 5.01am Share Interesting analysis and thinking from Stephen Anthony (″Victoria’s horror budget lays bare a state of decay″, May 25). The concern is as much a federal as a state issue. Federal grants make up over 40 per cent of Victoria’s total revenue. Treasurer Tim Pallas gives a state budget briefing on Friday. Jason South The state budget is difficult to analyse, with different figures for the same item in different presentations in the budget papers. However, the general picture can be seen. The state budget papers disclose projected increases of some 38 per cent in state taxes and 15 per cent in federal grants over a four-year period. ....
If itâs technology not taxes, whereâs the funding from? Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss April 26, 2021 â 12.05am Save Normal text size Credit: For how long is Australia going to buy the Prime Ministerâs increasingly tired old saw, âtechnology not taxesâ (âIndustry leaves PM behind on emissionsâ, April 24-25)?With Scott Morrison offering the presidential summit to spend $539 million on new âcleanâ energy projects, including $263 million for the thoroughly dodgy carbon capture and storage dream, I have to ask: whoâs paying? And the answer is me, via my taxes. So taxes are certainly involved. Wasnât this a government that promised to get the budget back in the black? Wouldnât it be far more effective to tax the polluters and boost the budget rather than tax us to pay off the polluters? ....
Properly funded aged care, itâs what our taxes are for Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss March 3, 2021 â 12.05am Save Normal text size Credit: Even before the findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care were released, it was obvious that more funding was required to raise the standard of care and treat residents with compassion and dignity (âStep up on aged careâ, March 2). Caring for people who cannot properly care for themselves deserves payment commensurate with the valuable service given. A huge increase in funding is necessary, and this can only be done through raising taxes or the Medicare levy. Politicians should stop promising tax cuts. ....