Tag: Spending
Morrison the Salesman
. In the first six months of 2022, the previous government was the biggest advertising spender in the country.
A “great reallocation” of spending is needed to achieve a net-zero economy by 2050, modelling by Deloitte Access Economics shows.Some $20 trillion in forecast investments by Australian governments and industry by 2050 needs to be spent differently to get to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report released on Thursday.But it is a transformation that Australia can afford, the research commissioned by the National Australia Bank shows.
Climate for ‘great reallocation’: Deloitte – Michael West
The Ad man Cometh! Who was and will that money be it spent with? It’s why the corporate and private MSM invest so heavily in supporting the government? For their and their supporters advertising dollars of course. Didn’t we notice just how much Harvey Norman spent and Clive Palmer is spending” Mega – bucks are being spent on “government announements” and soon to be election advertising. Private Media Isn’t FREE. SAVE OUR ABC because sure as hell the LNP hate it.
Coalition spent $145m on advertising last financial year, with defence recruiting and Covid vaccines among biggest campaigns
Source: Morrison government’s advertising spend tops Coles and McDonald’s | Australia news | The Guardian
Yet senate Republicans, along with Sinema and West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, say we can’t afford to spend what’s needed for childcare, education, or paid leave, and we can’t afford to reduce climate change? My friends, this is truly nuts.
Angus Taylor’s $240bn is doing Australia’s share in the dirty lifting
The report notes, “G20 countries have directed around USD 300 billion in new funds towards fossil fuel activities since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic — more than they have toward clean energy.” The only way to cap the temperature increase at a sweltering but perhaps not catastrophic 2.7F would be to slash those investments in half. In other words, if they stay on their current path, the richest 20 nations are making a laughingstock of themselves with their CO26 pledges next month.
Greg Hunt Australian Health Minister so admires the American Medical System he believes we should adopt it here. The latest report however thinks otherwise.
The US is last on a ranking of healthcare systems among 11 of the wealthiest countries in the world, despite spending the highest percentage of its GDP on healthcare, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund.
For decades, the Washington, D.C., political class has condemned deficit spending as an act of selfishness. We’re profligately throwing ourselves a party, they say, but paying for it with our credit cards, leaving our descendants to pick up the tab.
Currently Trump is out of noney
The 2020 election cycle is forecast to smash previous spending records, with the Center for Responsive Politics estimating it will cost US$11 billion. That would be comparable to the 2019 GDP of Equatorial Guinea or Chad.
Creeping Plutocracy after ‘Citizens United’: How US Election Spending skyrocketed to the GDP of some whole Countries
Total spending in the 2020 federal elections is projected to set a new record of almost US$11 billion by November. When adjusted for inflation, that’s over 50% higher than 2016 election spending. This year’s federal election spending – for the presidency, the Senate and the House of Representatives – is on track to be double what it was in 2008.
The real challenge for American democracy is where this money comes from.
Election 2020 sees record $11 billion in campaign spending, mostly from a handful of super-rich donors
America’s biggest danger of foreign interference comes from Israel. It’s spending American Aid to boot. (ODT)
It’s time for the global community to come together in the realization that weapons don’t make us safer. Investment in people—including public health and global cooperation—is infinitely more important than propping up the military-industrial complex.
Fortunately, advocacy and community groups across the world are already mobilizing for change. Even during a time of social distancing, people are finding ways to come together and demand better from our governments.
As the leading military spender, the U.S. has an important leadership role to play in transitioning the world away from military spending and towards spending public funds on things that actually build more resilient communities.
If we’re successful, the next generation will get to experience well-funded public health systems, peaceful societies, and the many benefits that come along with investing in people rather than the Pentagon.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton’s army of spin doctors and communications staff is costing taxpayers more than $8 million a year.
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