by Karl Fitzgerald | Jan 6, 2009 | Commentary
The Bank of England now admits that the UK government failed to provide it with the tools needed to deal with boom/bust, according to an interview tonight on BBC’s Panorama programme. The missing tool was tax policy. “That’s why we can say that the global...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Jan 5, 2009 | Commentary
photo credit: Shavar Former journalist Lisa Pryor sums up the frustrations of the many at the quarterly roll out of baby boomers complaining about Land Taxes on investment properties. She writes in her It’s Grim Down the South Coast for the Well Off : Land tax...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Dec 17, 2008 | Commentary, Letters to the Editor
photo credit: chaosinjune letter to the Monash Journal Site Value ANGE Siouclis is correct to suggest “why not trim excess expenditure and unwarranted perks and costs” at Monash Council (Your View, November 24). But to say that we all should pay the same...
by Karl Fitzgerald | Dec 16, 2008 | Commentary
photo credit: Dunechaser It seems that another whitewash of economic theory is being subtly thrust upon us with the ongoing Henry Tax review. According to Henry, he has re-written economic theory. The 3 sources of taxation are now labour, capital and consumption. The...