Relax. The divide between the taxed and the 'taxed-nots' isn't new and doesn't buy elections
- Written by Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
It's unsurprising that a large number of people pay no net tax.ShutterstockMight government benefits, and government employment, be a self sustaining machine – one in which those who benefit from government payments deliver the votes needed to ensure they continue?
It’s a proposition seriously put forward by researchers at the Centre...