Ideas@The Centre 18 2012
Vol. 5 No. 18 (May, 2012) Freedom Quote of the Week'If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else’s expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves.'
— Thomas Sowell
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Remember the Henry tax review?
| 11 May 2012
This week’s federal budget is evidence of just how much of the Henry review is not being implemented.
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Forget measly tax cuts - businesses need reform
| 11 May 2012
Government ignores measures to ease regulatory burden and increase labour market flexibility in Budget 2012.
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Good and bad reasons for a budget surplus
| 11 May 2012
In an open economy with a floating exchange rate and an inflation-targeting central bank, changes in fiscal policy do not have significant macroeconomic implications.
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Government furphy on Indigenous homeownership
| 11 May 2012
It is disingenuous to ask Aboriginal people to build houses on Indigenous land without letting them access money from the new Indigenous homeownership program or giving them security of tenure.
