[bikeqld] RACQ poll on fuel subsidy (fwd)

[Peter Whittle]

I've just written to RACQ as a gold member, saying the poll and the petition misrepresent the issues and are not in the best interests of many members:

- those who do not drive a lot will pay more in their tax than they get back
- taxing and returning the funds is an inefficient way to achieve a policy outcome, with bureaucratic overheads and misdirecting of the tax money
- many motorists and RACQ motorists think we should be encouraged to drive less and that paying the full cost for limited resources is desirable.

Any RACQ members amongst you could usefully add your objections and ask RACQ to provide the full arguments on both sides of the tax.

Pete

-----Original Message-----
From: bikeqld-bounces at bikeqld.org.au [mailto:bikeqld-bounces at bikeqld.org.au] On Behalf Of Ian Lister
Sent: Thursday, 28 May 2009 11:26 AM
To: Richard Hockey
Cc: bikeqld at bikeqld.org.au
Subject: RE: [bikeqld] RACQ poll on fuel subsidy (fwd)

On Thu, 28 May 2009, Richard Hockey wrote:
> It's not a poll in that you cannot register support for scrapping the
> subsidy. You can however email them at fueltax at racq.com.au

It was a poll last week, and 20% of the 1258 respondents registered 
support for scrapping the subsidy:

     http://www.racq.com.au/about_us/previous_polls

Presumably based on those results, it's now a petition.

Ian

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