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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
Relax. The divide between the taxed and the 'taxed-nots' isn't new and doesn't buy electionsIt's unsurprising that a large number of people pay no net tax.Shutterstock

Might 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...

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