It’s time to rethink the tax system. Not patch it, not tweak it – but change it. DSC has the way to start, with its FTT – a financial transaction tax, currently being promoted worldwide as the “Robin Hood Tax”.

“In this dynamic creation, our beautiful blue/green planet of gift and ceaseless creativity, there are no orthodoxies; differences of approach are to be embraced and encouraged. May bright ideas and persistent commitment affect all the deliberations.” (p24)

Jeremy Clarkson is in top gear when he says government is not telling us the truth: “ Instead of telling us straight, it calls the crisis the ‘credit crunch’ to make it sound like a breakfast cereal... but money could cease to function as a meaningful commodity” (p.5)

It’s official.  New Zealand is now in a recession.

Six years ago Les Hunter published ‘ Courage to Change’ . He asked if we are doomed to drown in our own debt, and said that having the courage to make change may determine the future of democratic society.