deceit will hurt every one of us

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/deceit-will-hurt-every-one-of-us/story-e6frfhqf-1226011604127

JULIA Gillard has now turned her big lie into a big new tax.
The carbon tax - that before the election she promised would not be imposed by "a government I lead" - now starts in 16 months. She hasn't even got the guts or the honesty to take it to voters at the next election.

It will start as, or very quickly be, the equivalent of a 25 per cent increase in the GST - and then rise from there. Every year. Forever.

You don't like your already much higher electricity bills? Get used to it, they are headed much higher. And then higher again and again.

And that's only the start of it. Like the GST, Gillard's carbon tax will not only push up electricity prices; it will increase the price of everything.

It sets out to hurt every Australian - to absolutely no point. It can make not the slightest difference to the local climate, far less the global climate.

It purports to cut our emissions of carbon dioxide when we are happily pocketing the billions from selling coal and iron ore to China and the rest of Asia.

Talk about hypocrisy, stupidity and deceit rolled into one.

Putting one hand on heart, Gillard says we have to save the planet by cutting our emissions, while the other hand seeks to grab a bigger share of the profits of the mining companies from helping China double and even triple its emissions.

There's a subtle but very significant change in what Gillard now proposes to do with the multi-billion dollar proceeds of her tax compared with predecessor Kevin Rudd's aborted emissions trading scheme.

Rudd promised to return every penny raised to consumers. Gillard says some of the money will now go to "tackle climate change".

Oh dear. Translated, that means more billions will be wasted on handouts to useless forms of generation such as wind and solar and dud schemes like "cash for clunkers".

Rudd as prime minister made Gough Whitlam look like the very model of good governance. Now Gillard is making Rudd look the same.