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 (DIR) Post #AVAwec4N3fFlQpjjEW by PaulWay@aus.social
       2023-03-13T19:53:51Z
       
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       It's irritating me that the conservatives brand taxes as "taking your earnings", because it leaves out the important part: that they then get redistributed in use to maintain and develop a just and fair society.There are lots of examples of unjust and unfair societies in history and currently, and to me the common thread of those is that that take public money (taxes) and they give it to wealthy people and big companies.Whereas in just and fair societies taxes are a 'pooling of resources', a more equitable distribution of that public money to the individuals and small companies that need help and are disadvantaged.No outrage about the government 'taking your hard earned money' and giving it to Qantas, or Harvey Norman, or to Rio Tinto, or people with more than three million dollars in their superannuation? There should be.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVAwecbL55cn55A3cW by khoji@ieji.de
       2023-04-30T11:01:49Z
       
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       @PaulWay @dgar Conservatives are like the British in the EU: They never did and never could comprehend the concept of an association based on solidarity and mutual benefit. Similarly, these “conservatives” are incapable of participating in civilized society because they cannot understand it, and given the chance they will destroy it.