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[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Citroënbender

I felt this screenshot from a current Ranger advert was tongue-in-cheek acknowledgement of how these utes are often really used.

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Hatch-ute works alright too, wait until the back seats fold down and I got me a van that does >7L/100km

The worst drivers on the roads come in two varieties:

High vis shirts in dual cab Thailand Specials
Hi vis shirts in shitbox hatchbacks

Originally Posted by prydey

Why is there a mindset that a certain type of vehicle needs to be used a certain way?

Because taxpayer funded incentives for those purposes

[prydey]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Because taxpayer funded incentives for those purposes

Using emotive language like 'taxpayer funded' is another key argument tool.

Everyone pays tax. How the govt spend it makes absolutely zero difference to me or you having to pay it.

All it does is help motivate the pitchfork wielding folk.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by prydey

Using emotive language like 'taxpayer funded' is another key argument tool.

Everyone pays tax. How the govt spend it makes absolutely zero difference to me or you having to pay it.

All it does is help motivate the pitchfork wielding folk.

Its not emotive, its the truth,

Makes a huge difference on the balance sheet of the country, and at the polls come election time, maybe not in South Australia which receives more in the form of taxpayer subsidy than it contributes, look at the GST share of SA vs VIC/NSW/WA in what it contributes vs what it receives.

WA has a case here but they've also been subsidised by the rest of the country for the last ~120 years until they started contributing in the last 30 or so years.

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

image

Hatch-ute works alright too, wait until the back seats fold down and I got me a van that does >7L/100km

The worst drivers on the roads come in two varieties:

High vis shirts in dual cab Thailand Specials
Hi vis shirts in shitbox hatchbacks



Because taxpayer funded incentives for those purposes

I gather you fit the shitbox hatchback variety!

[prydey]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

Its not emotive, its the truth,

Makes a huge difference on the balance sheet of the country, and at the polls come election time, maybe not in South Australia which receives more in the form of taxpayer subsidy than it contributes, look at the GST share of SA vs VIC/NSW/WA in what it contributes vs what it receives.

WA has a case here but they've also been subsidised by the rest of the country for the last ~120 years until they started contributing in the last 30 or so years.

Explain to me how it affects you and the tax you pay.