^^ Too true only a matter of time till local car production is no more, The Government spends millions to keep the local car makers going, Holden gets the most but Toyota and Ford get a good chunk too. or should I say we the tax payer are the ones paying for it.
"Figures released by Holden show it received $2.17 billion in state and federal government assistance over the past 12 years, compared to $1.1 billion for Ford and $1.2 billion for Toyota, News Limited can reveal.
This equates to Holden receiving an average of $180 million a year compared to Toyota taking $95.8 million a year and Ford getting $87.8 million a year."
Holden’s taxpayer support is comparatively high given Toyota has been the biggest producer and exporter of vehicles over the past decade - and Holden last year posted its lowest sales in 19 years.
Well said Peg,
But getting back to cost of fuel, being around $6.00 per gallon in Australia, or around $1.60 per Litre, is not good at all.
I know that America has a population base of close to 317 million people at present and Australia's population is around 23 million people - but the real sad thing is that we used to enjoy a real good,affordable cost of living here in Australia - food, housing,taxes, amenities etc.
Those days are gone, for now, cost of living has gone through the roof. Australia is now an expensive country to live in.We are greatly overtaxed and over governed in this country, given our small population base. We had a strong representation of middle class people - that has dramatically schrunk - the gap between rich and poor, the have and the have nots has greatly widened, poverty and the homeless numbers have gone up dramatically too. I think 'GREED' and poor Government mismanagement, is killing off the Western countries economies and decent way of life for all.
America truely and sadly has it's big share of woes right now, but the way things are going here,we ain't far behind you! Our Goverment is basically broke as well.
So America, enjoy your $2 to $3+ dollar fuel right now!
Just my 2 cents worth,
Greg.