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Flat White

Albanese’s inevitable slide into a Whitlamesque economy

24 August 2024

9:21 PM

24 August 2024

9:21 PM

A common mindset held by too many on the left is that production is inevitable, and will be maintained irrespective of the taxes levied and regulations imposed upon productive processes.

For many, the issue for activist politicians is simply how do we divide people’s incomes between the part they are permitted to retain, the part for promoting the political class’s preferred ideologies, and the part for the all-important task of maintaining themselves in power.

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