tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7117149072827170574.post3346558152616691576..comments2023-06-22T19:08:40.395+10:00Comments on Loaded Dogma: Sinclair Davidson, professional kurdaitcha manPaul Montgomeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345309776406933213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7117149072827170574.post-55393202575626034622014-05-07T17:06:41.463+10:002014-05-07T17:06:41.463+10:00No one in the media is mentioning the loss of reve...No one in the media is mentioning the loss of revenue from the mining tax, either. The Kouk had a tweet up this afternoon showing that the amount it may yet bring in is not insignificant:<br /><br />https://twitter.com/TheKouk/status/463895121071570944<br /><br />As I argued at Harry Clarke's, people who bought the Abbott spin that the carbon "tax" and mining tax were the ruination of the economy, and who believed he could bring the budget back into surplus just by spending cuts big enough to offset the revenue being given up for no good reason, just really weren't good at putting two and two together. <br /><br />What we lacked in the last election was a Labor Party that could have something like Bill Clinton's great speech in which he set out that the GOP's plan for the budget just made no sense. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04108945551064939734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7117149072827170574.post-81290527148710057792014-05-07T15:46:02.949+10:002014-05-07T15:46:02.949+10:00M0nty,
We should have some sympathy for Sinclair....M0nty,<br /><br />We should have some sympathy for Sinclair. He cant read graphs nor understands how assumptions can influence them as I have shown.<br /><br />Last leak I saw had the tax having a greater impact on Aussie families than the ETS. Also they took the tax on super out of the forward estimates and that took in more revenue at far less cost to the economy.<br /><br />I cannot believe there will be a contractionary budget. Even the OECD has warned against it and if they have then Treasury has!nottrampishttp://nottrampis.blogspot.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7117149072827170574.post-71060914256469862182014-05-07T15:18:58.355+10:002014-05-07T15:18:58.355+10:00Abbott is trying to bone the carbon tax and replac...Abbott is trying to bone the carbon tax and replace it with a debt levy that raises less money on forward estimates. So far he has created a $68 billion budget black hole in eight months. Heckuva job, Tony.Paul Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345309776406933213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7117149072827170574.post-70874643679862642202014-05-07T14:46:43.056+10:002014-05-07T14:46:43.056+10:00After the ETS came in there was a gigantic yawn. I...After the ETS came in there was a gigantic yawn. It was never an issue in the last election.Basically because clowns like Davidson got the impact badly wrong.<br /><br />John Howard broke quite a few promises yet still won elections. Broken promises are around all the time. it is why they are broken.nottrampishttp://nottrampis.blogspot.com.aunoreply@blogger.com