Well Paul here I go again, TRUTH it has value, Nifty Nev was a thief! maybe even more so than Sir Robin Askin! now there is a claim! both equaled the Obead infamy, our current leader, comes from the left, I watched him at conference fight fearlessly, against my faction and the rats in NSW Labor ranks,I trust him!totally, NSW never needed change more, unless you look at the defeat of the Last Labor government, it BETRAYED its members,it has a honest leader and it is time for a return

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The reality is Belly you can't keep pushing employers for more and more, then expect them to just keep giving. Unions have blood on their hands with casualisation of work, but while most have full time jobs, very few take any blame and that's a shame.

Of cause there are other issues as well that have led to the situation, including consumers choosing to buy online or support the majors heavily who of cause are doing all they can to reduce staff.

Like it or not this is a new world, and with the banking RC, buying a house with a casual/contract job is set to get a whole lot harder. Again, it didn't have to be like this. But it is.

I have to say that I can understand workers getting restless when our politicians are about to get another annual pay increase of $4k-$8k without having to do a thing to earn it. No productivity increase for them.

Rechtub you seem to be calling for loyalty from consumers/workers but are without doubt the first to refuse it to them,my 80.000 a year days are behind me, and I a pensioner buy on price, and consume only what I can afford,blood on our hands? silly thought as you deep down must know consumers need income to consume, any thought no tax paid by very rich is less of a problem than wages rises is quite funny, weird but funny

Belly, please don't distort my view on corporate taxes. I have clearly said that in order to suggest all corporations must pay tax on every dollar profit, one must first establish what that profit figure is. It appears to me that those on the tax band wagon are simply taking the gross profit of these companies, then calculating the tax on that figure. Giving no room for write-offs.

The other side of my argument is that before we chase these multinationals away, we should first find out just what they bring to the table, by way of employees taxes, pay roll taxes and GST to name just a few. There are also less obvious taxes like on toll fees, car regos, fuel, motor vehicle consumables, telecommunication taxes, land taxes,the list goes on.

These are all taxes and they would all not be generated if these multinationals were to pack up and leave.

Chances are they generate far more in indirect taxes than the likes of you suggest they should be paying.

remember, if they do leave, not only would we miss out on the taxes you are referring to, but also the ones I have shown here.

It's a huge risk if we don't do the math mate.

Rechtub I KNOW one day a great reformer will come, and that reformer man or woman must reform tax, not an easy task in respect to world trade,like you, I know self interest wins over doing the right thing,a GST no exceptions for multi nationals,should be on every dollar turned over, in the country it is earned,BUT you seem, constantly, to blame welfare/pensions/wages/unions?if you are right humanity is not worth saving