Little Jon said..

There is plenty of money in Australia, we just need the big tax bludgers like Gina to start pulling their weight. If I can pay 30% so can the rich.

AquaPlow said..

Soap box...
As long as it is an honest effort anything which goes towards helping the plight of a disabled has my 100% support.
Try a wheelchair for 2 hours of your average day out of your house - with no disability. Then re-check your opinions.

PSSST if we removed the tax changes J Howard implemented in 2006 there would be no budget blowout.
There are a number of structural remedies to fix this very modest hole.

The tax regime of an OECD country needs around 27% of GDP to run the society we like to live in.
You might not like how it is spent but by and large that is the requirement.
There is a toxic political structure at present with no major concern for the impact its machinations have on the psyche or faith citizens have in its institutions.

You have the uber wealthy claiming cash machine welfare from mining activities.... being given prime time news slots for their soap box

Shortly the rest of the mining companies are going to suck-up the cost of removing the mining tax (which will be re-imposed) -- U might say WT?? but there have been 2 states which have raised their mining royalties since the federal mining tax was applied. The flawed design of the final mining tax meant that the Federal government reimbursed the miners for any change to state royalty taxes. Well I do not think the state royalties are being wound back but the reimbursement is (under Liberal). Well no traction in the state government arena for soap box so silence is the tune for this situation.