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Egalitarianism under threat : Comments
By Andrew Leigh, published 24/4/2014Rising inequality is not an inevitable feature of economic growth. Indeed, from the 1920s to the 1970s, Australia became more equal.
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After awhile I figured out how Labor works. Labor represents two classes of people. The ever growing dependent class and public service class. It is in Labor's interests to keep these two classes growing because they can be relied upon to keep voting for Labor. That is why Labor supports boat people. With 95% of Afghans unemployed after five years of living in Australia, Afghans alone are a great Labor voting bloc. With 80% of Muslims unemployed, it is no surprise that Muslim seats are critical to Labor winning office, and is the primary reason why Labor has switched from a Pro Israel stance to a pro Arab genocidal imperialist one.
The ABC supports Labor because it is a public service. The ABC supports boat people because they will become Labor voters. It's symbiotic relationship.
Labor's enemies are the productive people who pay the taxes to support Labor's electorate. So, Labor always spruikes the idea of making the rich pay more tax. What this really means is that the productive people should pay more to keep the unproductive and counter productive Labor voters happy. The problem for Labor, is that the working class has figured out that they are now "the rich" who must keep paying more to support Labor's supporters.