MEDIA RELEASE 16.10.07 None says "NO" to tax cuts

Independent candidate for Gilmore, Of None, has rebuked the Prime Minister’s election promise of $34 billion in tax cuts, suggesting instead that the bulk of any budget surplus be spent on public infrastructure, government services and the environment.

Mr None made an interesting and thought provoking analogy.

"No parent would spend the family savings on a holiday if their child was sick and in need a lifesaving operation. Well, our country is sick; the rivers are drying, food production is falling and more and more of our country is becoming uninhabitable. We have the funds to do something about it but unfortunately the PM is going to splash it about in an effort to buy his way back into power. I think Australians expect better stewardship than that," he said.

On tax cuts, Mr. None remarked that under the present government middle and high-income earners have already done very well.

"If tax cuts are to be given at this time they should be to the bottom 30% of income earners only," he said.