Yes Phillip, I’ve already agreed with you on the tax issue. The point is that this remains a failure of the Tax System which is a government responsibility. Like I said the government needs to do government things effectively, business needs to do business things effectively and ne’r the twain shall meet.

Consider the MRRT issue. The government failed to consult, to consider unintended consequences or to structure an “effective tax regime”.

Huge fail on an issue that should be the sole domain of government.

All the issues you mention are a failure of government, don’t try to fix the governments problems by blaming entities that are not government.

Do stop it Philip S, unless you can get it right.

PAYE tax payers barely stump up enough in tax to meet the welfare bill. The rest comes from other sources.

On the Spain bit, I guess after their love affair with alternative energy, & all the green industries, they don't have much left but the air to tax.

Just like us, unless Abbott wins government & dices the carbon tax/trading scheme, they are all ready taxing the air they breath.

Hasbeen - Very presumptuous of you, I wrote "average taxpayers" now this includes the tax they pay on wages PLUS all the other taxes they are stung with GST, stamp duties and lots more.

Hasbeen - Just went back through the pages to see what words of wisdom you have given in this thread except for your stupid statement "Do stop it Philip S, unless you can get it right." I can't find anything from you.

Philip you should be in full favor of GST, fuel, alcohol & nicotine taxes, after all the largest percentage of these are paid by the wealthy. Us poor types don't have all that much to spend, so can only pay so much tax on our expenditure.

Hi Phillip S,

The problem you face is one of understanding and substance.

When you have an opinion that is based on an opinion generated by someone else, obtained via a web link or an adopted ideology, you end up not being able to substantiate your position because you never worked it out for yourself in the first place.

You are trying to argue from a basis of having no real understanding of how things really work, just how you think they “should” work from your ideological and adopted opinion perspective.

Just a little scratching of your veneer reveals very little of substance. You seem incapable of getting past your determination to absolve those responsible for abdicating their primary role and then trying to transfer that blame onto those who have no authority to make the changes you want.

I did begin to question your plausibility when I read the words “big oil” and “profits” in the same sentence but hey, this is OLO and you are entitled to express your opinions like the rest of us. That said, if those opinions really are yours, why can’t you argue your position rather than offering proselytized narratives?