Joke Hockey really has no idea does he? Who actually voted for these imbeciles? The lowest-income earners in Australia spend the greatest amount on petrol as a proportion of income, according to new analysis, undermining claims by Joe Hockey that the increase in fuel tax is “progressive” because the wealthiest pay more. The treasurer used Australian Bureau of Statistics figures to defend his comment that “the poorest people either don’t have cars or actually don’t drive very far in many cases”. But the figures on car ownership and spending on petrol circulated by Hockey’s office did not include any examination of the spending as a proportion of income, which would indicate how much of an impact it would have on family budgets. A new analysis of those figures suggests that the lowest-earning group paid more than three times the proportion of their income on petrol as the highest group.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:11:59 +0000
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