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Tax on rainwater. Something Obama hasn't stumbled on to quite yet.
2008-06-26
THE Victorian Government is outraged at a leaked federal proposal to tax rainwater collected from roofs. The idea was revealed in a leaked email seen by the Sunday Herald Sun. Acting Premier John Thwaites yesterday warned that if water was privatised - as proposed by some federal Liberals - a tax on rainwater in tanks would follow.

The Bracks Government is furious at the mooted tax - it pays rebates on tanks as a water conservation measure.

In the email, National Water Commission chief Ken Matthews says, 'Legally, all water in Australia is vested in governments.'
Posted by:Besoeker

#4  Oh come on now, just tax sex. Make the reporting voluntary. Given how generous liberals are to charities versus conservatives, we can anticipate that the Row Effect will demonstrate who's really getting whoopee.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-06-26 22:00  

#3  It's against the law in some counties of California to collect any significant quantity of rain water. In California, water belongs to the government and you don't get any more than what you either have rights to or pay for, no matter where it comes from.
Posted by: crosspatch   2008-06-26 16:20  

#2  Next thing you know, they'll be wanting to tax tax thingy.
Posted by: xbalanke   2008-06-26 14:44  

#1  This is total bull. The water will reach the total system no matter how many tanks there may be.

This is just one more money / power grab by socialist government and the perfect metaphor for their belief that government owns everything.

And BTW Aussie has been getting a lot of rain in the last 6 mos. to a year. It has always been subject to longer and shorter droughts.
Posted by: AlanC   2008-06-26 14:05  

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