Tag: Budget black hole
The bullsh*t Budget
Posted by John, May 14th, 2015 - under Mugs.
Tags: Abbott government, Budget, Budget black hole, Budget cuts, Budget surplus
Comments: none
The next time Abbott or Hockey tell us to ‘have a go’, our response should be ‘you have to go, ya mugs.’
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A Budget of the rich, by the rich, for the rich
Posted by John, May 13th, 2014 - under Uncategorised.
Tags: Budget, Budget black hole, Budget cuts, Budget surplus
Comments: 13
Hockey tells us the pain is necessary for future gain. You’ll get pie in the sky when you die too. This is a budget of the rich, by the rich and for the rich. Only class war by our side can stop the attacks now and into the future on our jobs, wages, health care, education and other elements of the social wage.
Let’s have a great big new tax – on the rich
Posted by John, April 28th, 2014 - under Manufactured crisis, Superannuation, Tax policy, Tax reform, Tax the rich, Wealth tax.
Tags: Abbott government, Budget, Budget black hole, Budget cuts, Budget surplus
Comments: 4
Let’s be clear here. Australia’s budget deficit is around ten percent of GDP, a very modest amount compared to other developed countries, and half of it a consequence of Abbott government decisions. Australia is a low tax and a low spending country. If we moved to the average tax rate of OECD countries we’d raise about an extra $100 billion a year. It is time not just to chant tax the rich but to mobilise around it as part of a wider push for socially progressive policies on jobs, the environment, indigenous Australians, asylum seekers, gays and lesbians, public health, public education, public transport, disability, pensions, child care and the like.
Fix the budget deficit – tax the rich
Posted by John, April 29th, 2013 - under Tax, Tax the rich.
Tags: Budget, Budget black hole, Budget cuts, Budget surplus, Deficit
Comments: 19
Gillard has not ruled out tax increases either, but her talk about sharing the pain means that the burden of tax increases will be borne by you and me, not the rich. It is all about priorities.
Labor won’t tax the rich. Instead it has attacked the vulnerable, like single parents and those sectors it wants to further privatise, even if under government tutelage, like universities.
Is there an alternative? Labor could tax the rich. It isn’t rocket science. Here are a few examples.