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Speaking of compliance, I have always wondered wether the loss from self assessment with the GST was compared to the Government doing it for you. Perhaps there was a range of time/money opportunity costs and they didn't want two or more systems. Interestingly enough, we are becoming more generous, at least according to one Sydney tabloid. Is it because? We are "top blokes" the continuing growth rate has made us richer we are genuinely compassionate after the Bushfires and drought if rising real incomes or wealth has something to do with it, cutting taxes all round may help the poor, notwithstanding other benefits such as job creation (which I prefer to call job liberation) the problem with charities is that there are some idiotic charities, and some get fleeced. I suppose it is up to the charitable party to decide wether the cause is worthwhile or not, after all, you don't get a chance with Government. Another point is lefty archetypes call NIT industry welfare. You can tell them that if the MW was removed and we would be paid subsistence wages, then we would all be paid the MW now, and poor workers would still have employers competing for their labour(not to mention it's better than the current apprenticeship/traineeship industry welfare) but they do not listen. Or that given you spend most of your money now (yes, C+I+G, unless we bury money that will inflate and depreciate in value),it too could be considered subsistence, albeit a better and wealth creating version.
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