The carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It may be that the carbon tax is the final chapter in the strange death of Labor Australia.
Free trade should not mean free labor.
Nobody in this country realizes that cap-and-trade is a tax - and it's a great big one.
Nothing could be more regressive than carbon taxes.
Many have criticized a federal carbon tax, saying that it would increase energy costs. Some continue to oppose it even when that revenue would be used to reduce other taxes in what's known as a tax swap.
Raising taxes won't create private sector jobs.
Higher taxes kill jobs. Regulations kill jobs.
Many retailers have complained bitterly to me about the complexity of the Carbon Reduction Commitment. It's not a commitment; it's a tax.
I'm anti-tax, but I'm pro-carbon tax.
You don't create jobs by passing bills, you create jobs by cutting taxes.