http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/alex-hawke/ Alex was elected at the 2007 election as the Federal Member for Mitchell in Northwest Sydney. Born in Wollongong and raised in Sydney’s Western suburbs, he is the current youngest member of the Federal Liberal Parliamentary party. Alex has served as an Army Reserve Officer and worked as a ministerial staffer and retail manager. Alex is a former NSW and Federal Young Liberal President. Alex is passionate about Australian Military history, reducing the size and scope of government and the Parramatta Eels. He is Deputy Chair of the Parliament’s new Joint Select Committee on Cyber Safety. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/rudd-swan-and-the-myth-of-robin-hood/ It is increasingly apparent that Australia’s well developed cultural bias towards egalitarianism is part of the leverage that the Rudd Government will seek to exploit to ensure its re-election this year. Since 2007 Mr Rudd and Mr Swan have regularly gone out of their way to promote that they are some sort of modern day Robin Hoods. This carefully crafted illusion has been built around the idea that by taxing the “rich” we can somehow pay for a Mount Everest of around $93 billion of debt, racked up in reckless cash splashes and handed out on sometimes completely illogical grounds. Now the Rudd Government tells us that we need to increase tax by 40 per cent on the most productive sector of our economy. They argue this is a “Robin Hood style” redistribution of wealth that will make us all richer. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Alex Hawke) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/rudd-swan-and-the-myth-of-robin-hood/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/rudd-swan-and-the-myth-of-robin-hood/#item3225 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:45:01 +0000 Alex Hawke | Author bios | The Punch