{"status":"ok","message":"Success!","html":"\u003Cp\u003Ewith this rates increase for business.the person who put in\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot; Why should the residential rate payers sudsidise business rate payers? What\u0026#39;s wrong with paying according to the services received. Everyone has a complaint about how little is done for them - it still comes down to paying your fair share - and business isn\u0026#39;t paying their fair share.\u0026quot;\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E has not thought about it.in business there is a thing in your lease called \u0026quot;outgoings\u0026quot; which the business has to pay.rates are a part of outgoings \u0026quot;so the landlords will just pass on the costs increases to the business.\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Enow what does the business do ?.one of two things work the same for $3000 less per year{if he can } or pass it on to the people who shop in his business ?the only other thing they can do is cut back on staff.now in my wifes case thats what she is planing to do.if this goes ahead she will NOT put on a appprentice this year.over the passed 9 years we have trained 9 apprentices and employed 16 people all from the blue mountains.so if you want to travel to penrith for a job[only if you dont have one with council]then go ahead and say yes to this.but if business close and they will.then any saving you get will be gone after pay for the petrol to get to penrith and backthe bottom line is mountains people will pay more for services and products if this rates increase goes ahead.maybe we could get council workers to work then we could all save\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E.     \u003C/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E   \u003C/p\u003E\u0026nbsp;"}