There is no 'right' v 'left': it is Trump and the oligarchs against the rest
Very true.
All the rest, is a distraction. In fact a relationship, a society and a government can and does at times become and abusive one.
In an abusive one, the goal post are moved slowly and slowly and what would be intolerable becomes normal in every sense. Yemen .... USA bombs killing 300,000 in 2019 .... a million in 2020 ... Trump asked and on tape its all about USA arm sales.
When one see's say Amazon turn 25, valued at 1 trillion USD declaring an 11 billion profit so a P/E of 90 ... yet paying NO tax and controlling 8% of retail sales, there is something wrong with the picture.
Is it 1999 or 1996 ? Tech side ?
Google 135 billion USD sales, declares only 15 billion in the USA instead of 60 billion ... pays 2.1 billion tax on 30 billion profits, pays 1 billion to rest of the world where 60% of sales go .... one cannot compete. In fact for Australia it books 3 billion of sales overseas ... avoids 300 million in GST ... let alone pays bugger all tax anywhere.
Chevron operates a LNG plant built the same time as Pluto and exports Australian LNG .... one pays 300 million tax on this part of their business .... the other ... pays NONE ... not likely to for 10 years.
One could go on and on ... foreign policy of the USA .... ignore genocides and in fact sell the guns to them for Yemen ....knowing full well the atrocity going on.
The arrogance and contentment of Custer mixed with the disdain for all non whites, now all non white Americans ...
Delusional and abusive on so many levels ... from tax ,,, to humans ... to religions and why does a Shia Muslim who are quite moderate have the current Genocide target on their back verses Sunni ? Or Mexicans and Latino's fleeing from not Mexico but 3 nations where USA sponsored the contras who literally peeled skin off people 1980-89 . The guy behind that ... is USA special Ambassador to Venezuela .... the one idiot there with Junior Bush when WMDS were the excuse for Iran ... the ... Bolton is the ? As for Pompeo ex head of CIA and well from a religious cult much like Bolton and vice president ... all white ... end of world types.
what values USA had when we joined ANZUS .... as this ... America first, any price and now stuff all the rest ... is NOT what we signed up for.
Then again, a weak non existent leader ... one hung up on the first call .... left waiting for 45 mins late for the first face to face, then Tony ... Abbot ? Well ... he lost his own seat ... Now PM fathead with 10 people at dinner .... one side 20 years older than the other ... one lilly white ... one with 3 first generation Australians. One side, two elected officials. ours with 4 including Hockey ... one side only including 500 mio for Donald ... but had 4 billion plus NEt worth ... our side ... 40 mio at most ... so a ratio of 100 to one .... one side 6 religions representing a mere 5 % of the USA .... our side a grab bag and whilst Hillsong is NOT anything compared to the far extreme Christian cults some of the other side practice and speak about the end of days ... and chosen few ... and rapture, Hillsong ... is bloody harmless and sing sing not even in the same ballpark as TV evangelists from the USA.
Yes ... it was a wonderful meeting ... Korman ... Senator at the G20 and he is from I think ... Netherlands and a first generation Australian which they mistook for German the strong accent and played ... well their favorite movie !!
Why are we even in ANZUS ?
Why does Chevron pay n tax verses Woodside ?
Why does 75% of Microsoft sales go via Singapore and avoid GST on 3 billion sales costing 300 million GST stolen ? EVERY YEAR
Ditto for Google same size .... Ditto for FB but about 1 billion ?
Why is it so ?
If their was an Ossie google and it had to compete ... could it compete with someone not paying GST ?
Same for Apple ... or any others.
What about them paying 7% effective tax verses say 25% ... HERE .... ? What value would one company be ?
What is the outcome for the USA people of no tax for the rich ... a healthcare system that is about 65% of Medicare yet costs DOUBLE ... so 20% of GDP but adjusted 30% of GDP ... or 3 times the cost for identical cover and treatment ?
Does it matter the people with awful cover are non White .... lilly white ... so Latino with the lowest cover of all ? 25% with NO healthcare insurance at all ... the rest with ones that a test costs $1,000 co payment >?
Is that why the lower 50% of USA has NEGATIVE net worth ? And the lower 80% ... all the middle class a mere 7% compared to Australia at 36% for the lower 80% ?
If you see the doctor 20% of the time and pay 3 times as much for treatment is it good for you ?
Should Australia adopt this policy ?
Should it, condemn it ? Or should it ... run the hell away and as far as it can and just go ... FAIR GO ... you arse stealing 30 billion and you no longer even resemble a friend on any level ?
I do love yanks .... all colours, but when the white only club of maniacs not representing the whole nation take over and scare even reasonable people, into fearing all others. ... our friend is still there but voiceless against all of this. Reminds me of 1925 in Germany, the policy of Woodrow Wilson and Hoover identical ... same policy as they now adopt. A few changes, new demons ... Muslims ? Or is it immigrants ?
I love that movie ... Historical amnesia awakes and 3 million klan members in the 1930's now .... know better ... USA almost missed WW2 ... thank god for FDR .
As for climate change ,,,. wars ... casually mentioning a first nuclear strike against North Korea ? Gee would China like that ?
Custer and his arrogance mixed with racial intolerance and ... well ... whatever the hell one calls USA tax theft polices verses rest of the world. Not just China ... I think Apple has set a record post 2000 with Iopd and Iphone sales and not paying tax to around 20 nations.
Watch the movie and not much ... one can say ... same movie ... playing right now. This was NOT Germany ... but USA ... in 1939. or 2019 ?