Jiska
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http://www.progressivepress.net/us-fiscal-debate-could-learn-from-norway/
Well worth a read.
I didn't like the mining tax that Gillard introduced, but the one Rudd proposed would have been great for this country. Ignoring the outrage by Reinhart and the other multinationals scare mongering the Australian people on loss of jobs etc, we would have been set up well for future generations. The way Norway has structured itself is something to be envied. At the end of the day, those minerals that are being mined belong to the Australian people and they won't last forever. We should be taking a much large slice of the profits and use them to further advance our future rather than handing them over to private corporations to make billions of dollars. Sadly though, politicians take the path of making the corporate entities a bit richer, which always assists when election time comes around and parties need funding.
It would be a nice change to have a Government, and a politically savvy voter group, which cared more about the future than the now.
Well worth a read.
I didn't like the mining tax that Gillard introduced, but the one Rudd proposed would have been great for this country. Ignoring the outrage by Reinhart and the other multinationals scare mongering the Australian people on loss of jobs etc, we would have been set up well for future generations. The way Norway has structured itself is something to be envied. At the end of the day, those minerals that are being mined belong to the Australian people and they won't last forever. We should be taking a much large slice of the profits and use them to further advance our future rather than handing them over to private corporations to make billions of dollars. Sadly though, politicians take the path of making the corporate entities a bit richer, which always assists when election time comes around and parties need funding.
It would be a nice change to have a Government, and a politically savvy voter group, which cared more about the future than the now.