Anna Oda
October 12, 98

Australian Premier To Tax Food
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This article is about the argument of taxing on food during the election in Australia. Prime Minister John Howard was re-elected on Saturday with the issue which he will tax 10 persent on food. Although the result of the election hadnÆt come out on Tuesday, he mentioned the political policy again on the same day because he knew his party was going to get the seats more than the other paraty. However, the Australian Democrats beleive that it affects on the living of poor people, and the other tax systems can be changed instead of taxing on food.

The reason why I chose this article is that I am interested in tax systems. The Japanese govement set up the sales tax on enerything when I was in elemetary school, and has increased the rate of the tax. I agree with the Australian DemocratÆs statement. The daily things should not be taxed because people who get low salary or even donÆt have a job have to pay as the same tax as people who are rich do. I donÆt think it is fair. Japanese pliticians can get a lot of money so they donÆt get hurt anything and understand the other life at all. When they need some money for a plicy, they raise the rate of tax easily. They donÆt even think about saving money as I can see they waste a lot of money according to the Japanese old system. In my opinion, if the politicians donÆt get so much money people who run for the Diet might be real politicians whose purpose is to built the goverment.

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