tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12614519.post3001403744230601958..comments2024-03-28T09:37:33.796+10:00Comments on Opinion Dominion: Colour me unconvincedStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04108945551064939734noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12614519.post-9243084705273914422014-12-04T12:01:00.978+10:002014-12-04T12:01:00.978+10:00I also wonder about Singapore. Doesn't their ...I also wonder about Singapore. Doesn't their health funding work with a complicated system of compulsory contributions? Does the OECD add them into tax, and if they don't, then the Singapore tax ratio should be bigger too. (Not that I think any great lessons can be taken from that tiny city state. It's not as if they have anything like the challenges of providing services to a population spread over an entire continent.)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04108945551064939734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12614519.post-56675547537802578642014-12-04T11:57:38.667+10:002014-12-04T11:57:38.667+10:00Super goes to people not government. It is complet...Super goes to people not government. It is completely absurd to call this a tax!<br /><br />The Private health levy not the medicare levy ( wow some people are very stupid)is more problematic.<br />People avoid that if they contribute to a private health fund.<br />I would put it as tax revenue.Not Trampishttp://nottrampis.blogspot.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12614519.post-88141866363924041562014-12-04T11:38:36.091+10:002014-12-04T11:38:36.091+10:00Super is part of what Americans refer to as total ...Super is part of what Americans refer to as total factor income and should therefore be treated as a tax. If you think the Medicare levy isn't a tax you really are stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com