Let us by all means try to analyse the Labor policy of
increased wages.

1) Businesses will have more tax deductability by paying
higher wages.

2)People getting higher wages will be paying
more tax.

3) The government will have more money to spend
on essential services.

4) People earning more money will spend more.

5) This is good for businesses.

So it looks like
the cycle would be beneficial to all concerned.

Now is that really bad?

What do the rest of you think?

The winger and moaners who are happy to see the ever increasing number of working poor, Scum O' Morrison included, have never had a problem with escalating profits for the big end of town. In fact Scum O' and the rest, want to give their big business mates a $50 billion taxpayer funded handout, with a special $17 billion for the crimes at the big banks. Low wages is Coalition policy!

individual, WTF do you think the effect of cutting wages would be on profits?
Aidan,
Where did I say to cut wages. I said to lower high salaries ! Get it ? By lowering them the low wage will in effect have greater purchasing power because prices only ever rise with wages & not with salaries !
How many more centuries does it need for people to realise that increase after increase takes us to unsustainability ? In fact this is where we're at now & some people still don't want to do anything about except ask for more for the same & even less !

This proud trade unionist is proud to see fair go mate is not dead yet
A community must be based on a fair day's pay for a fair day's work
Not wealth building by reducing the living standard of those who do the producing
If the latter is how it is to work how long will it be before the producers force change

Not wealth building by reducing the living standard of those who do the producing
Belly,
Who is talking about reducing the living standard of the workers ? Not I. I'm on about reducing the high salaries of Public Service Top bureaucrats the savings of which should be used to start infrastructure that employs more workers. Lower the high salaries not the workers' wages !
We need to reduce costs, not make them higher !

Foxy,
What happened to 6) of your list ?
The one that says that prices & fees will go up at every pay increase & people invariably end up with even less in the pocket ?
Oh yes, very clever policies indeed !

Why are you et al so keen in turning the Aus$ into a south pacific Lira ?
Perhaps it is people like Belly who'd feel wealthier by having lots of big bank notes. Never mind that a loaf of bread would end up costing 5 million !