Why we need a tax on private schools and health insurance
It is odd that many who talk about wanting more tax revenue to come from the GST would balk at the easiest services to broaden it to like private schools and private health insurance.
Matt GrudnoffSenior economist at The Australia Institute
The GST is failing. It was meant to give the states their own independent source of revenue and in the process make them less financially dependent on the federal government.
The problem is that GST revenue is growing slower than the economy and so it has not kept up with the growing costs of providing hospitals, schools, roads and all the other vital services that the states provide.
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Matt Grudnoff is a Senior Economist at The Australia Institute
