A strange taxing world we live in.
Where cowards are praised. And the brave are hated. Conformity is the new currency. Courage is the new crime. Something is broken.SUBVERSIVE OF WHAT?
“Just where will this demand for conformity, for unquestioning loyalty, lead?”
By Julian P. Boyd
The Solution To Pope Leo's Tax Problems
Transport official cut off work to firm after kickbacks stopped, ICAC inquiry hears
The ICAC is investigating allegations Helmy was the mastermind behind corrupt relationships with nine companies, including Direct Traffic, that were paid at least $343 million in contracts by Transport for NSW.
Helmy, 38, is alleged to have pocketed $11.5 million in kickbacks – including bundles of cash, gold bullion and cryptocurrency – over 15 years from contractors, in return for them being awarded work. He failed to appear before the ICAC in May and police have a warrant out for his arrest.
… NSW official, Mukesh Patel, in 2021 to ask why Direct Traffic had been unsuccessful with a tender for work. “He said, ‘you were too expensive, and you weren’t financially supporting us’,” Spilsted said of his conversation with Patel.
A former EY partner has accused the consulting giant of enabling criminal activity by ignoring warnings about high-risk clients, including Crown Resorts and Star Entertainment and Macau-based junket operators
How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong
Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here. “I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence.”
NY Times: How Republicans Supersized Silicon Valley’s Favorite Tax Break
Jeremy Corbyn’s new party receives over 250,000 signatures in 24 hours The New Arab
Building the Party New Left Review
