All just a little bit of history repeating
Peter Matters writes: Re. “NSW Labor sets and forgets ‘targets’ on gender equality” (Thursday). The Coalition has a fair chance of losing the election on the basis of their incompetence, rather than the Opposition earning the right to win. As long as Labor is selecting its candidates by ugly faction deals as displayed in NSW — contrary to the guide lines of getting women into parliament — Labor does not deserve to win.
On the US primaries
Leigh Flanigan writes: Re. “Rundle: get used to the idea of President Trump” (Thursday). “The result gave Bernie 73 delegates and Hillary 55. Nevertheless, it was portrayed as a loss for Bernie, because the media is in the tank for Hillary.” Slightly reductive. It was considered a “loss” because big wins in states with small delegate counts aren’t going to help Bernie overtake Clinton, who has a significant delegate lead even without superdelegates. Time is running out. He needs big wins in big states, like Arizona, Washington State, Wisconsin, New York, etc.
On company tax rates as cure-all
Darren Tartis writes: Re. “All hail the economic panacea of company tax cuts” (March 23). Instead of arguing trickle down, why not go for trickle up. Give tax cuts to the low income groups and of their extra spending 30% will go to increased business profit. I am sold!
Crikey still isn’t interested in articles from those still around who are in a better position to discuss the political scene since W.W. II.
But that sort of data doesn’t assist their ‘noble’ causes, does it.
How do you give a tax cut to someone who doesn’t pay any tax Darren?
@David
Negative tax. Or did you pose a rhetorical question?
DuncanG – a good example would be the UK system of Tax Credits for working poor – subsidising employers who pay slave wages from the public purse – otherwise their U/E rate would be over the 15% official/25% real that prevailed during the thatcher era when Britain effectively deindustrialised, based on the genius idea of a service economy, aka taking in each others laundry.
Which OneHand probably thinks was salutary and would be “a good thing” here to keep lumpen in their place.
Tax credits in the UK have proven to be an albatross around the government’s neck as employers reduce wages expecting the taxpayer to pick up the tab. “Negative tax” is just another social welfare benefit.