AS USUAL, the media, real estate and banking will ignore all the compelling evidence until after the event. We’re not permitted to call them out before then!
And then, if history continues to rhyme, we’ll bail them out, not the people they’ve hoodwinked into impossible levels of land prices and mortgage debt.
They’ve been busy telling us we need to worry about the so-called ‘national debt’, which isn’t. We can cure that by stopping the issue of unnecessary government bonds. That’s just another political scam!
Isn’t it marvellous that so-called ‘orthodox’ economists become transfixed about the level of ‘public debt’–i.e. the extent of needless government securities–but manage to ignore impossible levels of mortgage debt?
Maybe heterodox economics is the genuine orthodoxy?
(Verse 1) The soil beneath, the sky above, Were given free to all who breathe. Yet walls are built by phantom claims, While working hands are left to grieve. We place a tax on honest sweat, We fine the builder for his care, While idle wealth locks up the earth, And leaves the common table bare.
(Chorus) Unburden the hands that build! Unlock the common ground! Let nature fund the common good, And let abundance now abound! The rent of land belongs to all, A heritage forever free— From shifting chains to open plains, We sing the song of equity!
(Verse 2) So lift the weight from industry, And clear the path for tool and trade. When honest toil keeps what it earns, A vibrant world is swiftly made. The empty lot, the hoarded space, Will bloom with homes and busy streets. For when we tax the hoarding mind, The heart of fair production beats.
(Chorus) Unburden the hands that build! Unlock the common ground! Let nature fund the common good, And let abundance now abound! The rent of land belongs to all, A heritage forever free— From shifting chains to open plains, We sing the song of equity!
(Bridge) And see the citizen’s dividend rise! A floor beneath the falling feet! No heavy hand, no complex maze, Just justice making freedom sweet. A share of earth for every soul, A shield against the bitter cold— The common wealth reclaimed at last, A greater story to unfold!
(Guitar / Instrument Anthemic Solo)
(Chorus) Unburden the hands that build! Unlock the common ground! Let nature fund the common good, And let abundance now abound! The rent of land belongs to all, A heritage forever free— From shifting chains to open plains, We sing the song of equity!
(Outro) The earth unbound. The worker free. Abundance flows. For you and me.
“So, looking at the list of previous winners. I think it’s fun to see the list of past winners because Jess Irvine, Waleed Aly, Ross Gittins, who won it last year, Gareth Hutchens. You don’t know the internals of journalism, but quite a lot of us hate each other, so when I saw the list I thought, gosh, how funny. People far more profound than those on this list have all agreed as well from different sides of politics.” – Adam Creighton
