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A government of callous, soulless neoliberals. Of the rich, for the rich, by the rich.
Throw people out of work, then punish them for being out of work.
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Throw people out of work, then punish them for being out of work.
On The Government’s Epic Fails In Jobs And Housing
Through its austerity measures, the coalition government has engineered a rise in unemployment in order to reduce inflation while – simultaneously – cracking down harder and harder on the people thrown out of work by its own policies.
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Good reading for interest rate cuts. We’re at the bottom of the cycle.Stuff
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Not good reading for unemployment
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What’s the punishment?A government of callous, soulless neoliberals. Of the rich, for the rich, by the rich.
Throw people out of work, then punish them for being out of work.
On The Government’s Epic Fails In Jobs And Housing
Through its austerity measures, the coalition government has engineered a rise in unemployment in order to reduce inflation while – simultaneously – cracking down harder and harder on the people thrown out of work by its own policies.
Just reflecting on your comments re IRD, and not wanting to rebut them
The IRD did their “super wealthy” exercise at David Parker’s bidding, which in my view actually made it political and undermined its credibility.
Which is a shame as there is merit at relooking at the tax system and his exercise was too narrow in its remit, painting a target on an “enemy” to try to garner public support to punish the wealthy
The IRD, with the help of tax system experts, should actually zoom out and think of the tax system overall and see what ideal looks like. Instead of just wanting to hammer the super wealthy/successful, which is how Parker’s report read. Parker is tainted by his politics, and what is actually needed is an apolitical project sponsor
Similar to the greens’ referendum on marijuana. Give us an apolitical project sponsor and maybe the electorate will listen. Unfortunately, it was rushed through and tainted by the party that proposed it. How about a recommendation to include all intoxicating substances, instead of just proposing marijuana? I’m sure there would be winners and losers in that analysis
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