In regard to Hans Lovejoy’s Editorial (4 June), it does appear that our uber-wealthy Gina Rinehart is already our biggest taxpayer.
Together with all the corporate tax received from those filthy mining companies, the robbing banks and the overcharging supermarket chains, one would think that Australia would be swimming in fiscal surpluses.
There would appear to be a surplus of leaners over lifters, resulting in the Australian economy bouncing on the bottom of the barrel with the backside out of it’s collective trousers.
Based on current predictions, there are still a few depths still to be reached.
The problems are hiding in plain sight.
Perhaps in the spirit of sharing, some of the comfortable Northern Rivers political elite might like to swap their lifestyle with the artists, musicians, and academics of Mt Druitt and surrounds.
That would certainly be a John Lennon ‘Imagine ‘ moment.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
