The same old tricks when it comes to a tax that threatens their self interest:

One of the Hungry Beast’s best shows this week. Rhinehart complains that she can’t afford a Mining Tax when her wealth goes up $7bn in a single year?!!

Thanks to Jan Speed for this excellent clip. Bryan Kavanagh highlights some of the machinations behind this process.

Renegade Economists Show 162 As broadcast on 3CR – Dec 1st, 2010 Subscribe to the podcast Cyber Rents: IT expert Jim Stogdill discusses how rent rakers curtail innovation and undermine the future of the internet. Listen here Read his stirling article Points of Control = Rents. Jim finishes off the article with this apt quote: [...]

At least land gets one mention! How are people to envisage that the most important commons created resource is not immediately visible or apparent? Land values must be the anchor to this new commons based future. Bryan Kavanagh says Although publicly-generated land rent was $325 billion, we chose to fine labour and capital to the [...]