When you have an inequitable distribution of the country’s wealth it is obvious that people will be divided by income if nothing else. In 2013, the then Treasurer Wayne Swan wrote an essay about the ever-increasing inequality that had invaded our society.

The right-wing Murdoch press and conservative politicians immediately attacked his piece as class warfare.

So what the hell is this class warfare everyone talks about? I would have thought that there was less class distinction in Australia than in most countries. At least on the surface.

We do however have an attitude known as “them and us” syndrome. This phrase speaks of the wealthy who are privileged beyond conscience and then, well there’s us.

Those we refer to as them have all the wealth but “us” collectively spend more than “them.” Consequently, we pay more tax.

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