Family slapped with carbon tax fee during burial!

MELBOURNE, Australia (PNN) - July 9, 2012 - A Melbourne family who claim they were slapped with an extra $55 "carbon tax charge" when burying a relative were told by fascist pig thug officials, "even the dead don't escape the carbon tax".

Erica Maliki and her family were burying her father-in-law at Springvale Cemetery when she was told the price per burial plot had increased because of the bogus carbon tax being unlawfully imposed by the fascist government as a form of extortion.

Her father-in-law died on June 30, the day before the carbon tax was introduced, and was buried early last week.

"I thought to myself, 'What carbon could possibly be used by putting a man in a grave?'" said Maliki. "All they did was put the dirt back in. How can they charge us a carbon tax for burying someone?"

Maliki's son Zaid said the cemetery's receptionist told his sister-in-law "even the dead don't escape the carbon tax".

"We are pretty upset... that comment was a kick in the guts," he said.

Climate Change Minister Greg Combet said it would be "reprehensible" if any cemetery was taking advantage of grieving families by overcharging them for funerals.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which is investigating three companies accused of blaming the tax for price hikes, said it would be willing to investigate the claims.

FOLLOW UP: The Springvale Cemetery subsequently apologized for their receptionist’s comment and the increase in fees, which has nothing to do with the carbon tax.