{"id":14339,"date":"2019-06-13T09:38:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T01:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mannkal.org\/?p=14339"},"modified":"2020-04-16T10:28:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T02:28:30","slug":"efocusjune2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mannkal.org\/libertarian-blog\/efocusjune2019\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Our ABC&#8221; and invisible taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14339\" class=\"elementor elementor-14339\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74eada3d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74eada3d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-751e305\" data-id=\"751e305\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42b234 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42b234\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Eight cents a day.<br \/><br \/>That\u2019s what an ABC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n8PQhXAjvK4\">1987 advertisement<\/a>\u00a0said it would cost each Australian, per day, to run and operate the national broadcaster.<br \/><br \/>This small sum, spent without consent, is what we pay\u00a0for Aunty to preach left-wing ideology and belittle mainstream views and values.<br \/><br \/>By smearing the small cost across everyone, it reduces the incentive to advocate for change. Rubbing salt into the wound, an image of eight 1 cent pieces suggested that loose pocket change was available regardless of viewing habits or interest in the ABC.<br \/><br \/>Normally political elites try to hide taxes and impositions. The tactics vary: a few cents tax on certain groceries; a marketing board that inflates the price of potatoes; a levy on ride services. Aunty was unusual in that it put this small tax in headlights.<br \/><br \/>Why do politicians levy small taxes which are barely noticeable?<br \/><br \/>Mainly because they can. After all, they are just as self-interested and prone to ignorance as the general population.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47c130d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"47c130d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/efocus-june-header.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14343\" alt=\"Protesters holding yellow signs with sad faces marching against ABC budget cuts in an Australian city\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/efocus-june-header.png 900w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/efocus-june-header-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/efocus-june-header-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/efocus-june-header-500x250.png 500w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/efocus-june-header-800x400.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">It's easy to campaign for other people's money, isn't it?<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31817b38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31817b38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This was why Nobel-prize winning economist James M. Buchanan described this phenomenon as \u201cpolitics without romance\u201d. Buchanan and others formulated what is known as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.econlib.org\/library\/Enc1\/PublicChoiceTheory.html\">Public Choice Theory<\/a>\u00a0(PCT) to help analyse and describe how and why politicians make these decisions. In simple terms it gives scholars the tools they need to analyse why politicians act in their self-interest to help themselves and their mates. PCT is now recognised as a distinct subfield of economics and for the first time in Western Australia will be taught as an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notredame.edu.au\/about\/schools\/fremantle\/business\/course-descriptions\/public-choice-theory-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">undergraduate, intensive unit<\/a>\u00a0over the 2019 winter break &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notredame.edu.au\/about\/schools\/fremantle\/business\/course-descriptions\/public-choice-theory-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to enroll<\/a>.<br \/><br \/>Returning to the ABC: in 2018 it was suggested that it was really\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2018\/feb\/09\/abc-now-costs-each-australian-four-cents-a-day-half-of-what-it-did-30-years-ago\">4 cents a day<\/a>\u00a0for the services of Aunty. What a cheap price to hear Fran Kelly, Tony Jones and others to tell us why the voters were wrong to not support a high taxing new government in 2019! Surely it was unrelated to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/federal-election-2019\/federal-election-2019-bill-shorten-promises-abc-funding-boost-at-pro-aunty-rally-20190511-p51mbi.html\">Shorten\u2019s promise<\/a>\u00a0to \u201crestore\u201d ABC funding in order to give Kelly, Jones and the Ultimo establishment a larger (and more luxurious) platform to lecture Australians?<br \/><br \/>The real level of support that we \u2014 read: each and every Australian \u2014 pay to support the ABC is closer to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/blogs\/andrew-bolt\/abc-costs-every-person-40-a-year-or-11-cents-a-day\/news-story\/cbf8122c291db81251ef0b5704ce877c\">11 cents a day<\/a>. To the Friends of the ABC, the amount is immaterial if the right people have access to this trough. If not 4 (or 11) cents, why not 20 or 30? Should we even put a price on hearing David Marr pontificate?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4743db8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4743db8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/public-choice-efocus.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14346\" alt=\"Man in suit speaking at Notre Dame University Public Choice Theory Winter School event\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/public-choice-efocus.png 900w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/public-choice-efocus-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/public-choice-efocus-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/public-choice-efocus-500x250.png 500w, https:\/\/mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/public-choice-efocus-800x400.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Our exciting new joint venture with The University of Notre Dame<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6342cae4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6342cae4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I should not pick on the ABC too much. There are many other examples of smearing costs to a wide range of unsuspecting taxpayers. Local government councillors are a little smarter than including a message on rate notices: \u201c$12.50 fee for your local ward councillor to visit a sister city in southern France\u201d. The line item for the indiscretions of a<a href=\"https:\/\/thewest.com.au\/politics\/state-politics\/global-audit-of-wa-trade-offices-flagged-in-response-to-ccc-allegations-against-former-japan-commissioner-craig-peacock-ng-b881133838z\">former Trade Commissioner to Japan<\/a>\u00a0may meet more resistance from Western Australian taxpayers.<br \/><br \/>In all cases, when a small group has concentrated benefits and there is a large group with a very small burden or cost, there is always an interest on maintaining and expanding the status quo. Therefore, Friends of the ABC will never argue for receiving less public money; local government councillors will not want to abolish sister city relations; and unethical trade commissioners will not want their expenses reviewed.<br \/><br \/>Mannkal will continue to analyse and publicise instances of government waste and concentrated benefits. These topics will be examined in an open,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notredame.edu.au\/about\/schools\/fremantle\/business\/public-choice-theory\">Public Choice Theory symposium<\/a>\u00a0which will be held on July 16, 2019 in Fremantle. 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