I know this is not a politics forum, but the Howard government squandered the best mining years....70% of it went offshore in profits.
What did the conservatives do? They gave us middle class welfare and tax breaks for the wealthy.
The attack on the RSPT and MRRT have been co-ordinated and self interested.
The ordinary punter is realising the horse has bolted, and are waking up to the fact that the anti mining tax campaigns were misleading in the extreme.
Nations like Norway have managed their resources in the national interest and do not bother with pinko labels in formulating sensible public policy. In Australia everyone is afraid of that and believe the nonsense and scare tactics of the mining industry.
