The capitalists get richer, while the poor suffer more. Living in luxury out of a fortune made from doing nothing! Mining heiress Angela Bennett’s former mansion. Bennett, whose wealth comes from receiving royalties from Rio Tinto’s Pilbara iron ore mines, sold her Perth mansion in late 2009 to another mining tycoon Chris Ellison for $57.5 million!
Extravagance: Mining tycoon Clive Palmer and his son on the $5.3 million luxury yacht that he bought for his 15 year-old daughter.
Politicians serving the billionaires: Queensland ALP Premier Anna Bligh at a December 2009 meeting with mining magnate Gina Reinhart (right) to discuss an infrastructure project that Rinehart was seeking approval for. Later, while her project was still under review, Rinehart hosted a secret, luxury dinner party for the Queensland Deputy Premier, Mines Minister and Speaker aboard a $350 million floating resort, The World, on which Rinehart owns a plush residence. The reality of capitalist “democracy” means: one dollar, one vote; 10.3 billion dollars, 10.3 billion votes!
The capitalists get richer, while the poor suffer more. A homeless person living in the same city as that $57.5 million mansion.
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When ALP treasurer Wayne Swan announced the Federal Budget in May, he spoke of the need to restrain spending and implement a “responsible fiscal strategy.” As usual that means that it is the most vulnerable who are going to be squeezed even more. Most notably, the Labor-Greens government will slash payments to many unemployed single parents (mostly single mothers) by $56 a week even while offering no initiatives to provide the affordable childcare crucial to enabling many single mothers to work. Twenty-one year old unemployed youth will also have their payments reduced as will newly disabled people relying on the Disability Support Pension. Continue reading Get Funds We Badly Need for Public Housing, Public Hospitals & Public Schools – Rip The Wealth from The Mine Owners & Bankers & Place It into Public Hands!→
