Archive for April 5th, 2016
My 37 minute interview on 5 April with Sharon Firebrace on Razor Sharp
Posted by John, April 5th, 2016 - under Razor Sharp, Sharon Firebrace.
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This is the link to my 37 minute interview with Sharon Firebrace on Razor Sharp on Tuesday 5 April. We talk about the polls turning against the Liberals and to Labor, the Panama Papers, the pathetic Turnbull government and much much more.
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The Panama Papers reveal the real face of capitalism, again
Posted by John, April 5th, 2016 - under Tax, Tax avoidance, Tax evasion, Tax havens, Tax the rich.
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We could tax the rich to fund better services. None of the parties of neoliberalism – the Liberals and Nationals and the Labor Party – are going to really do that. At best they will offer mickey mouse changes as part of a smokescreen to give the impression of doing something without actually doing anything major to upset the rich and powerful, the capitalists, whose system drives them to avoid tax and hide their affairs in secrecy jurisdictions.
Now I know none of this tax the rich stuff will in reality get on the agenda willingly of the Labor Party. The answer is that when the current or future governments attack funding for workers or the poor, attack public schools, public hospitals and public universities, the fightback against those attacks has the potential, among other potentialities, to challenge the ruling class and its systemic tax avoidance and secrecy. To tax the rich build the fight against austerity.