A decade of lost tax reform, epitomised by a populist $6 billion ad hoc bank tax, had failed Australians on the tests of fairness, economic efficiency, complexity and managing risk during people's lives, Dr Henry said at the NSW Review of Federal Financial Relations forum.
The tax system has 'gotten very much worse'
David Crowe & Adele Ferguson - On the Record - Tuesday 18th February
Tax Justice Network says UK is nearing top 10 most secretive financial systems
ONE LAW FOR THE VESTED INTEREST AND RICH, LITERALLY: Any middle-class would-be investor knows it’s hard to find somewhere to let your money grow these days. The SEC could be just about to make it even harder. As John Berlau explains at the Washington Times:
If it goes into effect, the regulation would cripple investors’ ability to buy dozens of funds they can now purchase on American stock exchanges for zero-dollar commissions from discount brokerages and investing apps such as Robinhood. Under the regulation, investors could not purchase these funds unless they can answer an extensive questionnaire of highly personal questions about their investing knowledge and household assets to the SEC’s satisfaction. SEC Republican Commissioners Hester Peirce and Elad Roisman have blasted the regulation as a “blunt overly paternalistic approach to investor protection.”
We have found ourself paying more attention to political matters this year than in past years. The reason for this is that we have the distinct sense that the federal government is encroaching too far on our life, on our liberty. C.S. Lewis said, "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." This is what many people fear today. Nanny State ...
Glebe and other pockets: Storms fell trees and cut power in Sydney as hail and wind
National Archives presentation available via Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in WW II Europe - YouTube and C-SPAN – Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe, Thursday, January 23, 2020.
“While armies have seized enemy records and rare texts as booty throughout history, it was only during World War II that an unlikely band of librarians, archivists, and scholars traveled abroad to collect books and documents to aid the military cause. They collected enemy texts, followed advancing armies to capture records, and seized Nazi works from bookstores and schools. When the war ended, they found and helped restitute looted collections hidden in cellars and caves. In Information Hunters, cultural historian Kathy Peiss reveals how book and document collecting became part of the new apparatus of intelligence and national security, military planning, and postwar reconstruction.”