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Gina Rinehart says non-violent prisoners should pay to get out of jail Gina Rinehart says non-violent prisoners should pay to get out of jail
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Non-violent prisoners should be allowed to buy themselves out of jail; the Dutch hate wind power, and Australia should learn from Ireland and Switzerland when it comes to company tax, according to new insight from Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart.Non-violent prisoners should be allowed to buy themselves out of jail; the Dutch hate wind power, and Australia should learn from Ireland and Switzerland when it comes to company tax, according to new insight from Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart.
In a column entitled “Learning from my Europe trip” for the latest edition of the quarterly magazine Australian Resources and Investment, Rinehart penned advice gleaned from her recent travel to Europe, as well as knowledge gained in America.In a column entitled “Learning from my Europe trip” for the latest edition of the quarterly magazine Australian Resources and Investment, Rinehart penned advice gleaned from her recent travel to Europe, as well as knowledge gained in America.
She writes that the Australian government should learn from the state of Texas which, Rinehart claims, allows prisoners to buy their way out jail in order to ease government costs and prison overpopulation.She writes that the Australian government should learn from the state of Texas which, Rinehart claims, allows prisoners to buy their way out jail in order to ease government costs and prison overpopulation.
"Let them pay to get out of prison or not enter prison (a new source of revenue), and let them be part of the tax-paying workforce. Texas has shown us a far more humane, cost-improved and more successful way of dealing with non-violent prisoners," writes Rinehart."Let them pay to get out of prison or not enter prison (a new source of revenue), and let them be part of the tax-paying workforce. Texas has shown us a far more humane, cost-improved and more successful way of dealing with non-violent prisoners," writes Rinehart.
She adds: “And before the left media shrieks that this would only benefit the richer, non-violent prisoners, for those non-violent prisoners who couldn't pay sufficiently to get out of prison there could be other means, such as should they agree to give up their votes, and or passports for x years, depending on the seriousness of the respective non-violent crime, they could then leave prison and rejoin the workforce."She adds: “And before the left media shrieks that this would only benefit the richer, non-violent prisoners, for those non-violent prisoners who couldn't pay sufficiently to get out of prison there could be other means, such as should they agree to give up their votes, and or passports for x years, depending on the seriousness of the respective non-violent crime, they could then leave prison and rejoin the workforce."
Rinehart goes on to credit a “knowledgeable Dutch driver” for drawing her attention to a discovery that Holland has turned its back on wind power.Rinehart goes on to credit a “knowledgeable Dutch driver” for drawing her attention to a discovery that Holland has turned its back on wind power.
“As we passed a large, sometimes power-generating windmill, I asked him what the people of Holland thought of wind power. His reply was interesting ...“As we passed a large, sometimes power-generating windmill, I asked him what the people of Holland thought of wind power. His reply was interesting ...
"He said people in Holland now wished they hadn't incurred these clean-power burdens, and wished they'd stayed with the old. But few people had spoken up beforehand about what wind power would really mean," she writes."He said people in Holland now wished they hadn't incurred these clean-power burdens, and wished they'd stayed with the old. But few people had spoken up beforehand about what wind power would really mean," she writes.
She adds: "In a nutshell, doesn't this conversation remind you of Australia? If we don't want higher taxes, higher power costs, and industry closing in Australia and moving offshore, with consequent loss of jobs, should we be speaking out against [it] and letting our politicians know?"She adds: "In a nutshell, doesn't this conversation remind you of Australia? If we don't want higher taxes, higher power costs, and industry closing in Australia and moving offshore, with consequent loss of jobs, should we be speaking out against [it] and letting our politicians know?"
Rinehart also uses the column to write in favour of government spending cuts and for a cut in company tax. She cites the experiences of Ireland and Switzerland, saying "They understand you don't make a country rich by overtaxing it!"Rinehart also uses the column to write in favour of government spending cuts and for a cut in company tax. She cites the experiences of Ireland and Switzerland, saying "They understand you don't make a country rich by overtaxing it!"
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