The 2010 review of taxes, called Australia’s Future Tax System, estimated that Australians pay 125 different taxes, across all levels of government.
Just some are income tax, GST, excises, levies, duties, company tax, fines, registrations, superannuation, tolls, rates, licences, parking fees, building approvals, public transport, etc.
We pay these all our lives and then in retirement we struggle to live off a petty pension (while still paying out as we spend the pension?).
We have the technology and the ability to record for every citizen how much the government has taken from us in our lifetimes.
This can be recorded and be available to us in retirement or as needed in special circumstances.
We can do it. This way we each will have an idea of how much we have to rely on when we need it. And do not have a need to beg on the government for social security benefits or welfare!
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. 
