How many of us would own anything if it wasn’t for the banks.
Hi Pauly, yeah it’s a bit of a motherhood statement but folks seem to lose sight of the fact that most of us wouldn’t have any assets without the banks.
I get where you're coming from Ratbob but look at it this way. Is it your Electricians fault if he fucks up and burns your house down? Your doctors fault if he removes the wrong testicle? Your mechanics fault if he does an oil change and doesn't refill the sump?
LOL But sadly its not the pub you should be pointing a finger at......A typical 24-carton of full-strength beer at 4.9 per cent alcohol will set you back $47.99. Of that, $16.49 is excise, then add $4.36 in GST. Yep, $20.85 is tax. At almost half of the retail price the most expensive ingredient in beer, is tax. Our beer taxes consistently rank in the top tier globally. There’s more though, the Government automatically increases beer tax every six months. And, we then pay 10 per cent GST on top of it all. Australians pay more than double the OECD average in beer tax. We pay over seven times more than Argentina, Belgium, Chile and Poland; over six times more than Austria, Hungary, the Netherlands and South Africa; almost five times more than Italy and Greece; double the beer excise paid in the US and almost double that of New Zealand.
Exactly Pauly, and the bastard rip off pubs :) charge their 325% profit not just on the beer but the tax as well. :(
