Ideas@The Centre 19 2013
Vol. 5 No. 19 (May, 2013) Freedom Quote of the Week'It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.'
— Thomas Sowell
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The elusive budget surplus
| 17 May 2013
The idea that we will have a balanced budget by 2015-16 should be met with healthy scepticism.
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Timid cuts to middle class welfare
| 17 May 2013
The budget has delivered a new tax and some tinkering with the FTB system to pay for DisabilityCare instead of serious reforms to age or disability pensions.
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Tax rises are not savings
| 17 May 2013
This budget is further evidence that governments remain addicted to spending, and that is why it is time for TARGET30.
