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Taxing times...
 Why
is it that whenever a corporation or company collapses the
first people who cop it in the neck are those of us who have
had nothing to do with it - the taxpayer.
Why is it that we poor suckers have to fork out more dosh
to pay for the mistakes of wankers, when we never got a share
of the big profits they once made?
The past few months have been pretty woeful for Australian
taxpayers with two biggies - HIH going west and Ansett crashing
and burning.
Okay, they've gone bust - but why do I have to pay for it?
Someone needs to explain to this old duffer just how public
money gets caught up in all of this.
These private companies would have had teams of accountants
around trying to minimise what they paid in tax to the public
purse. When times were good they made big bucks, when times
are not good they throw their hands in the air and scream
for public money to bail them out.
It's just like the damned building industry crying poor because
the introduction of the GST put a brake on new home building.
We, the taxpayer, generously offered bigger and better incentives
so people would buy houses to keep the allegedly struggling
industry afloat.
Why? There was a boom before the GST came in. Builders and
tradesmen charged a mint for turning up and times were great
(for them).
Don't these people know the adage make hay while the sun
shines, or how about save your pennies for a rainy day.
No way! The private enterprise motto of Australia nowadays
is "Let's make lots of money for ourselves - and if we
go broke, the taxpayer will pick up the bill."
I don't know about you guys, but I'm sick to bloody death
of having my taxes used to support idiots, fools, spendthrifts
and general f***wits.
Politicians should tighten up the corporate laws of this
nation and if firms go bust - well, sue the arses off those
responsible.
And don't let them hide behind technicalities. Bankrupt the
lot of them, and their wives, spouses, brothers, sisters.
Sell their houses, their cars, anything. Just make sure the
buggas pay for their excesses and not the taxpayer.
Bastards.
If there is something that has really got up your nose,
let Grumpy Old Coot know at grumpy@webwombat.com
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