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    Left as bad as right ?

    At the extremes perhaps, but , being a bit to the left of the ALP hardly gets you into Cuba territory.

    So , in general my leftist party would have as its aims , and this list is not exhaustive,
    1. taxation at the oecd average
    2. ideally , taxation of capital and income from capital , not taxed preferentially over income from labour.
    3. universal basic income
    4 . public owned housing at between 10 to 15%
    5. publicly owned major utilities, power ,water ,transport[roads and mass transit], basic communications.
    [ if there is any argument over public vs private ownership , I suggest you look at Thames water vs the WA Water Authority]
    6. education secular
    7. a recognition that capitalism is necessary , but it needs to be regulated carefully to avoid excesses.
    8. on the environment , for everyone's comfort and future care need to be taken with our world.
    But the reason we are doing it is for the sake of humans.
    There is a black streak of misanthropy thru the green movement . Humanity trumps Gaia.
    Everybody should read about Golden Rice , and be disgusted.

    There is a hint there why I hate the Greens , it is because when it comes to their greenness and a child going blind , guess which way they jump.

    cheers


 
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