Rudd says LCT increase not out yet
September 4, 2008 by George Skentzos
The saga surrounding the proposed increase to the luxury car tax isn’t over yet, despite the Senate overturning the bill this morning.
The Federal Government has stated it will reintroduce the defeated bill, attacking the Opposition over its actions arguing that it will take more than $500 million from the Budget surplus.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said the Opposition is effectively putting the wealthy before the needs of families.
“I think it’s remarkable that in the first defining vote in the Senate of the new Senate on a major tax measure before the Parliament and the nation, the Liberal Party stands up and says … ‘we the Liberal Party are going to say that our first legislative action is to ensure that you can get a cheaper luxury car’,” he said.
However it seems Mr Rudd is significantly out of touch with today’s motoring industry, with the severely outdated $57,000 threshold labelling cars such as the new Subaru WRX STi and Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X as ‘luxury’ models.
Furthermore, Australian family favourites such as the Holden Sportwagon SS-V and Toyota Tarago V6 GLi are priced just shy of this mark, with almost any factory option pushing these models beyond the luxury tax threshold.
“Next sitting week we will attempt again to get the Liberals to become responsible, to say the needs of Australian families are more important than the purchases of luxury cars, and we ask all senators to put Australian families first.” said Mr Rudd.
This narrow minded rhetoric is based upon the assumption that anyone who can afford a car worth more than $57,000 has money to burn, when in fact these ‘luxury’ car buyers and families are one in the same.
Treasurer Wayne Swan also ridiculed the Coalition for its opposition to the car tax and other Budget measures such as raising taxes on pre-mixed drinks and condensate.
“We’ve seen the philosophy of the Leader of the Opposition, it’s been laid out in the Senate. They stand for big oil, fast cars and they stand for Bacardi Breezers.”
Oh dear.
Let’s hope common sense prevails.
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Your a hipster dufus Eagle. Your too dumb to warrant any comment. Go get the laid stuff….any less then 4hrs will show how little a tosser you really are! Stick to cars! Dill
PoisonEagle Says:
September 6th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
“THE INTEREST RATES SKYROCKETED TOWARDS THE END DESPITE THE RESOURCES BOOM”
NM response……Yep Iam rearranging your own words…..its your dwebish sheepish quote you simpleton. Just goes to prove how little you know and how full of testosterone you are! Shame you cant channel it – go have that session and go 8hrs straight. LOL fairdinkum your a dumb basic bafoon!
As far as I can see Crudd has been managing the economy in the same way Howard had apart from a couple of blips on the radar such as Alco pop tax and LCT. Inflation was gaining momentum towards the end of Howard’s tenure and the RBA responded independently and accordingly.
If someone is struggling to pay 60,70 or 200k for a new car I won’t loose any sleep if they have to pay a little more for the privilege.
I bet the luxury car buyer didn’t loose any sleep when the average Joe effectively copped a 10% wage cut with the introduction of the GST? LOL.
Anyway if u are in business u get the tax and more back anyway on a vehicle so stop bloody whingeing.LOL.
If u hate Labour and Crudd and his style I respect that but to accuse Crudd of stuffing things up and being responsible for interest rates thus far less than a year in is just stupid.
Howard presided over one big bloody farm and one big bloody mine big deal.
All our first world manufacturing by and large down the toilet.
Want to blame Keating for the level playing field well Howard did nothing to change the situation to save manufacturing in this country either!
Come on, guys.
Howard lost. Nyah.
Go to Bunnings.
i voted for Rudd to get Howard out on the workchoices (no choices) issue, but iam dissapointed re the LCT, $57k isnt much these days when you want to select a good Falcodore with the latest safety features, if they must, make it > 100k now that would be a bit of a luxuary car…
1. Yes Iam in business and fully aware of current legislation that replaced WorkChoices (reality is its worse and others in business agree and anyone with a forehead 10mms across would see this…. and so papers I read; and not your spin doctor witch craft tangled up beliefs with spun out recall at history
2. I think you guys need to be a swinging voter like me… your tooooooooooooooooooooooo fixated on one party and all you can do is state that its too early to state whether he is bad……markets have reacted and so has account deficit and your still in the gloss and time machine of the train that was Kevin07 glitz, sparkles and glitter
3. Just quote words spoken by pollies…..its better then your recall and your own history that is more abstract and obtuse at best
You lot have not provided detail or quotes and at best blah blah blah! Lets “simply” cast a eye over words spoken if you want to show me your hand! Iam prepared to the hilt so give it a tilt
Realcars Says:
September 6th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Quote….I bet the luxury car buyer didn’t loose any sleep when the average Joe effectively copped a 10% wage cut with the introduction of the GST? LOL”
NM RESPONSE………….what a load of BS; deal with reality! Taxes came off and one went on. Goods did not go up which meant a 10% loss on wages! Suggest you go back to school and not come out with outlandish unionised PR shyte! Your spin doctor logic is real sand pit stuff and your like a captain going down on the ship with you pulling levers willy nilly with no idea. Gee whiz – its only the depth what varies with you bizarro lot! BIRDS OF FEATHER TRULY FLOCK TOGETHER……….LMAO MASSIVELY AT YOU
Maybe you and Eagle should unite and see if you can declutter your obscure thinking and come up with something meaningful and true! Hey if you ever stand for politics… let me know as Iam well versed and know my shyte and no how spoke what and who promised what.
Iam with Golfie……cant chat here as you barely rate sanity in your comments! FACTS…..QUOTES = nil from you lot
CLASSIC WAY OUT THERE QUOTES FROM YOU 2:
1. I bet the luxury car buyer didn’t loose any sleep when the average Joe effectively copped a 10% wage cut with the introduction of the GST? LOL
2. THE INTEREST RATES SKYROCKETED TOWARDS THE END (as in end of Howard’s time) DESPITE THE RESOURCES BOOM
No more comment other then if your political brain was combined as a rubber band….it would not fit around a canaries leg. I will let you two baboons make a utter fool out of yourselves as not one more response to such utter total drivel gutter trash syhte! Get out of the pram…. your comments are simple and ham!
When GST come in….some things went up a bit when existing taxes were taken off. Most stayed same! Majority went down. Back to your abacus on that one!
Yes NM thats why the budget has been in surplus since the introduction of the GST because we are paying less net tax as a result.LOL.
Even Costello couldn’t believe the huge windfall brought by GST to the Government coffers.
This despite several reductions in the marginal tax rate and company tax during Howard’s reign.
Personal tax changed from progressive to regressive.
Anyway looks like the people that brought us work choices are on their way back i.e result in WA and the chair sniffer is treasurer.LOL.
Voted Liberal last time NM.
Howards super concessions are very good but upstarts are going to pay to keep me in luxury in retirement.LOL.
More revenue loss to the government.
know blokes 55 and over working and not paying a cent tax.
put their wage into super then draw down on super.
If the 20 somethings new I reckon there might be a revolution NM.LOL.
Thks Mr Howard!
Outgoing Governor General to cost us 2.5million a year indexed for the rest of his life whether he retires or not and this has bipartisan support!
2.5m here, 22 million there by both sides of the pigs at the trough!
Too many people in this country on the gravy train in government,public service and private industry(large companies) that’s the real problem!
Asleep at the wheel my friend.
Barnaby Joice for Prime Minister!!!!!
GOTTA AGREE WITH TROUGH…THE DEEP MESSY FULL TO SCUPPERS WITH LERKS AND PERKS AND GOLDEN HANDSHAKES. ELIMINATE “ALL” THAT SHYTE IRRESPECTIVE OF WHO ONE FOLLOWS. THATS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN UNDER ALP OR COALITION AND NEEDS MASSIVE VOICE ON THAT SUBJECT! SPEAKING OF CYCLES…. seems like ALP in WA got a walloping and so to with previous by elections and NT result. What gets me is both sides are no offering a solid common sense approach! Pauline Hanson was on right track – but the more she opened her mouth, the worse it got. Hey I was in a winery at Stanthorpe QLD and she was there – people I was with were awestruck and I was eating my twisties and not stopping for her. I said “NEED MORE COMMON SENSE AND CLOUT AT CANBERRA AND YOUR ON COOL WAVELENGTH”
I would like to see a KEATING clone as he was a mega legend at the gabfest when it came to Coalition and absolutely hammered Coalition perfectly in Parliament. Only one close to him now is Lindsay Tanner, Peter Costello and Brownwyn Bishop – the rest are sedate compared to KEATING! I dont think Nelson is much as a tosser and too quiet!
LMAO….chair sniffer should be stood down period. Weak leadership to address a weirdo bizarre act!
Yeah I agree NM at least Keating told it as he seen it.
I don’t know how the chair sniffer can hold his nose high in public.LOL.
U would think that he would go away and hide under a rock somewhere.
Costellos a smart boy but people don’t warm to his smart arse disposition.Although he is a straight talker in the Keating mold.
I like Barnaby Joice as he mixes it up a bit and stays true to his beliefs. He should be the head of the Nationals at least. Pauline I believe had good intentions but was naive to say what many think.The old racist card is a powerful thing and don’t many new comers know it. Australian would have to be one of the most tolerant societies in the world.
Sending Pauline to goal shows how u can be screwed over if u buck the system.Don’t think she deserved that.
Old Joe Bejelke Petersen RIP was crucified in a similar fashion although that self made man done a lot for Queensland and what he supposedly ripped off is insignificant compared to the legitimate trough fest happening these days.
Not so much told how Keating saw it….but what stood out was the comments he motza balled hard is not there today! Today they think its opposite and cant point score as much! After all there job needs that Keating panache!
Despite your left or right wing views, this Tax is just plain stupid. Yes it will do more damage than good.
And now pride will stop them admitting it! All in the name of the “Battler”.
Thats the way Kevin you Ignoramus. Tax our income at 48% charge us GST, then with the pennies we save to buy ourselves something safe from Europe charge us a further 33% luxury car tax.
Oh and lets not get into the taxes on the fuel this car might consume, the new hikes in rego and road tolls.
Maybe you and you fellow morons should just get us all to pay 98% tax and live in a box and ride around in shopping trolleys, while you get driven around in your Caprice. now do we the voters approve of paying the LCT on that vehicle or is it also a cost not passed onto members of parliament?