A Quote from a newspaper article in the Weekend Australian published on 15 May 2004:
>Taxation has been absorbing an increasing proportion of gross domestic product. If we >think about taxation as a proportion of our time and labour, not until the national tax bill is paid do we start working for ourselves. That day is "Tax Freedom Day". At the time of Federation (1900), taxation absorbed 6 per cent of the nation's GDP and Tax Freedom Day was January 23. In 2002, Tax Freedom Day was April 22, so Australians spent an additional three months working purely to service government expenditure. No-one in Australia seems to have bothered doing the calculation since 2002, so it's probably been pushed forward a few days by now.. Our petrol here in the "country" is current $AU1.09 per litre, which equates to about $US3.20 per gallon (using Jean's ratio of 3.75 litres per gallon). Not as bad as the UK, but still I gave up my old gas guzzler for an economy fuel model 6 years ago. Noelene in clear, cold Cooma. Not nearly enough rain in that last day of showers. Hardly wet the surface properly. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
