Published: April 16, 2019
Liberal governments use tax cuts for high-income earners to hide the simple truth that they love taxes - just not on their friends
When a magician says you must look carefully at the cards that they’re shuffling, they don’t want you to see what their assistant is doing. And when a politician tells you to focus on one key economic issue, it’s a sure thing they don’t want you looking at the bigger picture.
Take tax for example. The Liberal party would have you believe they’re the party of low tax, but they love collecting tax. When Malcolm Fraser beat Gough Whitlam in 1975, his then treasurer John Howard went on to collect far more tax than Whitlam ever dreamt of.
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