Julia Gillard, Australia's PM, has defended the right of consumers to a bargain. The question is why. She says she will wait for the outcome of the Productivity Commission report into the matter. I suspect the commission will support the lowering of the threshold from $1000 to $500; after all she has argued that collecting the tax would be inefficient.
From Gillard we are getting:
1. Pragmatism - in the form that abuse of rights is ok if its commercially viable
2. Consumer friendly - She loves to see consumers get savings but she is not a fan of increasing disposable income by reducing tax. i.e. She has other ways to skin a cat. i.e. One's which target big business.
We are not against Gerry Harvey's desire to reduce tax; we reject his efforts to shift it to the customer; or to lobby for tax imposts elsewhere. He might argue that its the only practical position he can take; but then we have a different conception of practicality which does not involve imposing taxes on others.
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