At the risk of sounding a bit of a kill-joy - and you, Das CEO Commissioners and Kapitalists, will kindly maintain the proper silence of the grave in the performance pay deconstruction that follows - may I suggest that in the first place people revolutions of 1917 have taken place because of the greed displayed by the limitless absurdity of Tzarish capitalistic greed? The world is like a yo-yo as one brutalism is exchanged for another and the top 1% wants to own 100% on this earth. Excellent Review, according to John Quiggin,: Winner Takes it All Mentality
Invisible Hands & Markets: Time for Reformation of the Taxing Time for Families
Peter Saunders:
There is a pressing need for some fresh and radical thinking about tax, welfare and incentives as they affect families, and Dwyer’s paper makes a compelling case for recognising family income sharing for tax purposes. His arguments and proposals should be central to any future discussion of how to achieve a fairer and more sensible income tax system in this country.
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• · · If you've grown up with any kind of sense of entitlement, or if this is the first time you've ever had to struggle -- the first time that things haven't come easy -- then I can imagine that the weak academic job market seems a bit unfair. Those who insist on believing in exploitation ignore their own culpability. So through the power of language, they re-create themselves as weak, helpless, even (dare I say?) infantile. Not Exploited
• · · · Many political agendas seethed in France in 1788. But the poor, who had no interest in politics, had one primary concern — bread. The weather of 1788 was not, of course, the primary cause of the French Revolution. But as Brian Fagan explains in "The Little Ice Age," the shortage of grain and bread — and the resulting social upheaval — contributed in large measure to its timing Weathering the French Revolution
• · · · · Dozen of seats on the world's most luxurious cruise liner have collapsed under the weight of obese American passengers; [Yesterday Sydney experienced the Bear Pit atmosphere: an eerie calm before the deluge To avoid being struck or more like shot by a large hail, I invaded a coffee shop where one and all customers looked rather obese. So it was nice to read a positive story about a politician whose engagement party drinks I attended all those years ago. Before children (BC) The headline screamed: He lost 40kg - Have you heard the one about the fat MP who didn't exercise? (The Daily Telegraph, 13-12-2004, Pg: 13 no link) HE has lost 40kg and 30cm off his waist in less than a year -as well as his leadership aspirations. Rotary Man and now a great example to his oldest son Tom: Barry O'Farrell . The Deputy Liberal leader spoke on Sunday for the first time about an exercise regimen that has sparked a health craze among NSW politicians A stranger who was born in Melbourne and married to beautiful Sydney girl, Rosemary Cowan, now commutes to (R)oseville]