I was asked on a Facebook to clarify where I stand on GST, so here it is.
GST is a regressive tax and I
believe in progressive taxation. I campaigned against its introduction
because of that. I would rather have consumption taxes on inessential ,
planet and life damaging, and luxury items. There is no sign of that
happening soon locally, so I support the next best option on the table -
removal from essentials like food, domestic power and water.
We could have avoided increasing GST if we had found a way to tax non resident non finance companies., That imbalance is deeply unfair on locally owned businesses. Correcting this is key to reducing or removing GST, unless we introduce the consumption taxes above.
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About Me
- Mark Forskitt
- Sometime research engineer, organic smallholder, campaigner, micro business entrepreneur, software designer, C.O., care leaver and father. Trying to be the change I want to see in the world. I have been a County Councillor in Nottinghamshire, and until recently I was the chair of the Jersey Climate Action Network. I was an active member of the Liberal and then Liberal Democrat parties in the UK and was on the national committee of the Liberal Ecology group for some years. I also chaired the Nottingham Area Students Council.
3 comments:
Think ten green bottles.
One green senator sitting in the States,
One green senator sitting in the States,
We need one green senator sitting in the States to challenge growth assumptions and show up their mistakes.
Go Mark, go.
But if one green Senator should accidentally fall, we'd have no green Senators and absolutely no-one with a *&$^* clue what the real situation is and what we need to do ASAP to avoid all the coming troubles
Very droll. I have to point out I'm not a paid up Green. I prefer to think of myself as a Liberal Ecologist, but I don't think it makes a practical difference here.
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