Comments for En Passant http://enpassant.com.au Revolutionary reflections on this world of ours Mon, 20 May 2013 11:49:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Palestine: The 65 year catastrophe by En Passant » Palestine: The 65 year catas... http://enpassant.com.au/2013/05/20/palestine-the-65-year-catastrophe/comment-page-1/#comment-51823 En Passant » Palestine: The 65 year catas... Mon, 20 May 2013 11:49:32 +0000 http://enpassant.com.au/?p=16804#comment-51823 [...] En Passant - Revolutionary reflections on this world of ours (Patrick O. Strickland in Socialist Worker US reports from the West Bank and Israel on protests to mark 65 years...  [...] [...] En Passant – Revolutionary reflections on this world of ours (Patrick O. Strickland in Socialist Worker US reports from the West Bank and Israel on protests to mark 65 years…  [...]

]]> Comment on Abolish the GST and tax the rich instead by Ross http://enpassant.com.au/2013/05/19/abolish-the-gst-and-tax-the-rich-instead/comment-page-1/#comment-51820 Ross Mon, 20 May 2013 07:26:27 +0000 http://enpassant.com.au/?p=16796#comment-51820 Get this John.Our Bank's derivative investments are now $20 trillion or 13 times our GDP.They call it insurance but is really a form of gambling using our mortgages as collateral. Just a 1% tax on their derivatives will yeild the Govt $200 billion in revenue.This represents over $18,000 in tax for every working person. Why is there not a super profits tax on banks? Get this John.Our Bank’s derivative investments are now $20 trillion or 13 times our GDP.They call it insurance but is really a form of gambling using our mortgages as collateral.

Just a 1% tax on their derivatives will yeild the Govt $200 billion in revenue.This represents over $18,000 in tax for every working person.

Why is there not a super profits tax on banks?

]]> Comment on Saturday’s socialist speak out by Chris Warren http://enpassant.com.au/2013/05/18/saturdays-socialist-speak-out-87/comment-page-1/#comment-51798 Chris Warren Sun, 19 May 2013 08:28:31 +0000 http://enpassant.com.au/?p=16792#comment-51798 Precisely who are these "people and parties coming out of the stalinoid tradition". How was this reflected in the public meeting on Thursday? Precisely who are these “people and parties coming out of the stalinoid tradition”.

How was this reflected in the public meeting on Thursday?

]]> Comment on Saturday’s socialist speak out by Ross http://enpassant.com.au/2013/05/18/saturdays-socialist-speak-out-87/comment-page-1/#comment-51786 Ross Sun, 19 May 2013 01:12:24 +0000 http://enpassant.com.au/?p=16792#comment-51786 The resources boom is coming to an end.Once China gets the infrastructure of rail and road facilities in Africa ready,they will dictate prices to our suppliers here. There will be less tax and workers wages in these industries will be much lower.It would not surprise me if an Abbott Govt will allow cheap foreign labour in here so our mining industry can compete with African suppliers. The only solution is for the Aust Govt to start creating new money for growth like the Private Central Bankers do.Govts should never have to go into debt.It should written into all constitutions that Govts be never allowed to borrow. The resources boom is coming to an end.Once China gets the infrastructure of rail and road facilities in Africa ready,they will dictate prices to our suppliers here.

There will be less tax and workers wages in these industries will be much lower.It would not surprise me if an Abbott Govt will allow cheap foreign labour in here so our mining industry can compete with African suppliers.

The only solution is for the Aust Govt to start creating new money for growth like the Private Central Bankers do.Govts should never have to go into debt.It should written into all constitutions that Govts be never allowed to borrow.

]]> Comment on People with disabilities need free universal health care, not the NDIS by Naomi Anderson http://enpassant.com.au/2013/05/16/people-with-disabilities-need-free-universal-health-care-not-the-ndis/comment-page-1/#comment-51736 Naomi Anderson Fri, 17 May 2013 11:56:38 +0000 http://enpassant.com.au/?p=16790#comment-51736 Hmm. Some decent points, many points that are not correct. Yes, we need to improve access all the way through the community, including transport, education, health etc. But your focus on health suggests that you read disability as a health issue. For some people it is. For many others it is not. If the NDIS is similar to the Individual Support Packages in Victoria - and all evidence suggests it will be quite similar indeed - there is significant choice. The intermediaries are only used if they are necessary, and for many that is a perfectly valid choice. For those who don't need them, they receive direct funding and manage their own affairs. There is much more to this scheme than you have reflected here. Hmm. Some decent points, many points that are not correct.
Yes, we need to improve access all the way through the community, including transport, education, health etc.
But your focus on health suggests that you read disability as a health issue. For some people it is. For many others it is not.
If the NDIS is similar to the Individual Support Packages in Victoria – and all evidence suggests it will be quite similar indeed – there is significant choice. The intermediaries are only used if they are necessary, and for many that is a perfectly valid choice.
For those who don’t need them, they receive direct funding and manage their own affairs.
There is much more to this scheme than you have reflected here.

]]> Comment on People with disabilities need free universal health care, not the NDIS by Iain Hall http://enpassant.com.au/2013/05/16/people-with-disabilities-need-free-universal-health-care-not-the-ndis/comment-page-1/#comment-51726 Iain Hall Thu, 16 May 2013 22:47:34 +0000 http://enpassant.com.au/?p=16790#comment-51726 A very good post John that echoes my own concerns about this scheme. A very good post John that echoes my own concerns about this scheme.

]]> Comment on France one year after Sarkozy’s defeat: an anticapitalist view by John http://enpassant.com.au/2013/05/13/france-one-year-after-sarkozy%e2%80%99s-defeat-an-anticapitalist-view/comment-page-1/#comment-51705 John Wed, 15 May 2013 04:13:08 +0000 http://enpassant.com.au/?p=16758#comment-51705 Lorry, it was written by John Mullen who lives in France. And has for many years. I think it is a combination of factors but the French left's idolisation of laicité - secularism - at the expense of all other tenets can become racism in practice. The ban on headscarves for example. That feeds into general racism, so yes I think you are right. Lorry, it was written by John Mullen who lives in France. And has for many years. I think it is a combination of factors but the French left’s idolisation of laicité – secularism – at the expense of all other tenets can become racism in practice. The ban on headscarves for example. That feeds into general racism, so yes I think you are right.

]]> Comment on There is a huge surplus – in the hands of the super rich by Des Pensable http://enpassant.com.au/2013/05/14/there-is-a-huge-surplus-in-the-hands-of-the-super-rich/comment-page-1/#comment-51704 Des Pensable Wed, 15 May 2013 00:29:00 +0000 http://enpassant.com.au/?p=16775#comment-51704 Spot on ! The big companies want a situation like in the USA where they run the country and take the vast majority of its wealth for themselves leaving only scraps for the rest of us. Spot on ! The big companies want a situation like in the USA where they run the country and take the vast majority of its wealth for themselves leaving only scraps for the rest of us.

]]> Comment on France one year after Sarkozy’s defeat: an anticapitalist view by Lorry http://enpassant.com.au/2013/05/13/france-one-year-after-sarkozy%e2%80%99s-defeat-an-anticapitalist-view/comment-page-1/#comment-51697 Lorry Tue, 14 May 2013 15:31:01 +0000 http://enpassant.com.au/?p=16758#comment-51697 Good article John, you know alot about France! Just one thing though, shouldn't we equate current islamophobia in France with, simply, French racism and obsession with monoculture? As we equate the anti-boat people sentiment with Australian racism, the white Australia policy etc etc? I don't know if France islamophobia can so easily be passed off as historical anti religious feelings ... Good article John, you know alot about France!
Just one thing though, shouldn’t we equate current islamophobia in France with, simply, French racism and obsession with monoculture?
As we equate the anti-boat people sentiment with Australian racism, the white Australia policy etc etc?

I don’t know if France islamophobia can so easily be passed off as historical anti religious feelings …

]]> Comment on Red Flag: Socialist Alternative’s new fortnightly paper by John http://enpassant.com.au/2013/05/11/red-flag-socialist-alternatives-new-fortnightly-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-51693 John Tue, 14 May 2013 07:35:54 +0000 http://enpassant.com.au/?p=16727#comment-51693 Good point Chris. http://www.sa.org.au/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=7&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1 Good point Chris. http://www.sa.org.au/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=7&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1

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