Join massive tax dodging international corporations, slavers, transfer pricing rorts, local millionaires who pay no tax , dodgy companies galore , bloodsuckers who prey on vulnerable groups, ineffectual, slow to act regulators , the growing Americanisation of the workforce, union bashing, large companies which screw farmers and suppliers , banks which get guaranteed public protection yet are slow passing on RBA interest rate cuts, some staff criminally mislead investors and ruthlessly turf struggling families off pastoral properties , a blind-eyed , let her rip federal government . WHOOPEE!!
As part of his campaign to let the world know Australia is open for even more quick buck making business , beaming treasurer Joe Hockey starts off a day of trading at the New York Stock Exchange. In the clap happy group, on the left, is Nick Minchin , a former Australian Finance Minister, rewarded with the post of Consul-General in the Big Apple , who once laughingly described Wall Street as a casino, which is true.
The American people had to bail out the gambling finance section which almost brought on another global Depression through criminal excesses , the repercussions still reverberating . At an exclusive Christmas party for those who believe their organisations are too big to be allowed to fail, regarding themselves as rulers of the universe, they were recorded on camera expressing scorn for the masses in a setting which seemed like a party for the French Sun King , who lost his lolly in the end.
