1. A moral test for true believers, Rudd style

Comment #189298 by jaid on June 6, 2008 at 1:43 am

Rudd's global posturings might be more convincing if he obliterated Costello's retrograde and divisive Baby (Plasma) Bonus and invested some of the record surplus (our money, not his) on genuinely progressive social policy.

Thirty or 40% of the planet's population are living in poverty (unchanged since the 70's), thanks to the 'free' market.

Six billion citizens are more than sufficient if our planet is to prove sustainable - and, of course, there are no guarantees.

The production consumption mantra has done enough damage - here and elsewhere: it's time to focus on equity.