WA families pay for hospitals, roads and tourism projects in other states Willagee couple Gabriela Pasqualon and Ryan James signing the GST coupon campaign. MONEY taken from WA families through the unfair distribution of the goods and services tax is being used to fund hospitals in Queensland, expressways in South Australia, schools in the ACT and tourism projects in Tasmania. And the money could be returned to our state with "the stroke of a pen." The WA Government insists Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has no excuses to ignore our GST hurt. "He could give WA a better share by the stroke of a pen," state Treasurer Mike Nahan told The Sunday Times. He can do it. He would get some complaints by the other states, but we are a very generous state - we accept some redistribution. Mike Nahan signs The Sunday Times' GST campaign coupon. Mr Nahan's comments come after a phenomenal show of support backing the Fair Go for the West campaign. Last week, readers were urged to cut out a coupon in The Sunday Times addressed to Mr Hockey or sign an online PerthNow petition demanding he deliver the state a better GST deal. Currently, WA receives just 37 per cent of the $6 billion we pay in GST. There are fears at Treasury it will go as low as 11 per cent. The campaign is calling on Mr Hockey to "Stop the Drop" by ensuring our share of the GST does not fall below 37 per cent. Just doing this would make every WA household $3851 better off over the next three years. About 7000 people have already joined the campaign. Mr Nahan said the money - about $3.7 billion - could be used to build schools in WA and ease traffic congestion. It was about 12 per cent of the state's total income. "We have 7000 additional kids coming into our public school system a year, that's equivalent to 10 primary schools," he said. Right now we are doing our best to build, we have a priority to build schools, but we can build them quicker and better. We have, as everyone knows, a rapidly growing population and congestion on the roads. We would be able to speed up the construction of the airport rail link and the MAX light rail (from Perth to Mirrabooka) and other road works around the place. The Fair Go for the West campaign is also calling on Mr Hockey to "Stop the Lag" by ensuring the GST system is no longer based on outdated figures. And we want Mr Hockey to "Stop the Rort" by committing to long-term change. Premier Colin Barnett last week said he wanted a floor introduced so states and territories were returned at least 75 per cent of the GST they paid. This would create an extra $11.6 billion for WA over the next three years. Mr Nahan, who has joined the Fair Go for the West campaign, said WA was being expected to be an "extremely generous state." "We are paying for a great deal of Queensland's capital works program," he said. We are funding most of the hospital construction in Queensland. And (Queensland) aren't the worst - South Australia and Tasmania are. Letters sent into The Sunday Times last week. Tasmania's $500 million is paying for the whole Tasmanian capital work budget. Yet their population is shrinking and ours is growing rapidly. WA has been and remains the powerhouse of the nation and they're taking money from the engine powerhouse and giving to other groups. Willagee couple Gabriela Pasqualon and Ryan James are among the thousands who have joined the campaign. Mr James works as an office manager at disability service provider Elba Incorporated. "There are many areas where the return of funds would benefit, specifically the disability sector as it is horribly underfunded," he said. Ms Pasqualon, a marketing and communications manager, said any extra money directed to WA by fixing the GST distribution should go towards better security, public transport and improving the health system. Originally published as WA tax dollars aids east coast projects