Keating(then treasurer) wanted a GST back in the late 80's..from memory it was called a "Consumption Tax"......
Why's everyone so terrified of a mining tax......Do you think Kloppers,Albenese and co give a rats about how much tax the average punter pays.
Kloppers(BHP) clinically buried Ravensthorpe and Albenese(rio)blew a fortune on alcan then knocked back bhp/chinalco and almost burnt the house down...
Now we hold them up as modern day sages along with the banks who survived the GFC thanks mainly to government regulation.
Think about what it takes to be in top management ...by nature they put the company above all else.
