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Figures alarm

DAVID RUDMAN, RockinghamFremantle Gazette

I am sure there will be scant mention of this by Liberal Senate candidates canvassing for votes. Tony Abbott blithely states that this latest idea will be financed by taxing big companies, but won’t these big businesses pass the cost on to consumers?

Ergo, you and I will be funding it.

There are well over six billion people on our planet and according to demographers, that figure is increasing dramatically.

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It is predicted that by the 22nd century the global population will grow to an astonishing 11 billion.

Taking into account these alarming statistics, isn’t it erroneous for so-called “responsible” government to encourage people to add to these spiralling numbers?