GST is a National Disaster

By Vijay Kumar

IN the letters column in News Mail of Australia today, a reader wrote:

- AS A nation we are living way beyond our means.

- Despite the amount that the government gets in tax, it has already been mooted that the GST be increased to 15%.

- Taxation is far too heavy a burden now without adding to it.

- Instead of adding to GST, I would be in favour of getting rid of it.

- Ever since it was brought in, it has been a disaster for the economy.

- A lot of businesses went broke, and it has greatly inflated the cost of living for everyone.

- It has also made the taxation system more complicated.

And their GST is not half as complicated as ours is going to be - with double the rate and authorities.