Its amazing that so many Aussies still cannot see through the spin 1: Billionaires shaking placards with creeping dark patches on their pants demonstrates Rudd has got this right
2: The nation needs the extra income...if it doesn't come from the miners then its us ...AGAIN!
3: Abbott's got nothing to balance the budget with nor anything to buy votes with for that matter so get used to Rudd because he's sticking around
4: Miners pay an average effective rate of 35% If you're comfortable with that then you're more American than Australian philosophically
5. The dollar and stocks have been sold down on this plan as decided by FUND MANAGERS who statistics prove consistently under perform markets ALWAYS. It was an easy excuse to scare money out because fear moves money faster than logic. These guys have made millions out of your acceptance of their word which is demonstrably poor. It is NOT a reflection of a theoretical tax but has none the less swayed many people who should be supporting this to denounce it.
6. The majority of ECONOMISTS globally (by a mile) support the tax.
7. It will be the start of a global trend as ALL governments are broke and we will retain our terms of trade conditions anyway.
As an addendum: Phillipines looks like banning open pit mining (RIP IRN) which highlights the lies by BILLIONAIRES who state this represents the highest sovereign risk in the world. People need to make a sober analysis of this and question every statistic bandied about.
Remember...the money from this gets spent on the NATION and her PEOPLE.
