Archive for February 15th, 2016
Fiddling with negative gearing isn’t revolutionary tax reform
Posted by John, February 15th, 2016 - under Negative gearing, Rent, Tax, Tax policy, Tax reform.
Tags: Capital gains, capital gains tax, Housing
Comments: 2
If Labor were serious about addressing the high price of housing and the impact this is having on both first home buyers and renters it would begin a program of state housing that addressed the needs of working class Australians. Such a program could be funded by taxing the rich capitalist class who benefit from having a well housed, rested working class. Labor won’t do that since it is wedded to the market and market ‘solutions’. That marriage explains its mickey mouse negative gearing proposals.
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Me and Justice Scalia
Posted by John, February 15th, 2016 - under Justice Scalia.
Comments: 2
I remember when US Supreme Court Justice Scalia spoke at the Australian National University Law School (early 1990s? ) to law school staff (of which I was one) about originalism. This is the idea that the constitution should be interpreted in the context of the time it was introduced. I asked him if the fact that all […]
David Gulpilil says Let Them Stay
Posted by John, February 15th, 2016 - under Let them stay, Refugees.
Tags: Asylum seekers
Comments: none
National Treasure David Gulpilil in Darwin yesterday sending his support. #LetThemStay ❤❤❤