Is it really a conspirousy of monumentus proportion? Or just my paraniod mind taunting me into thinking so… Do business and governments actually support the need for everything to cost money? Not only that, do they actually support it by helping companies and big business to over charge for simple services? I’ll give you simple examples and let you decide.

The Australian Tax Office’s E-tax software… It’s Windows only, 2000 or XP… Fair enough you say, most of the population use Windows. But why do they use Windows? Is it because there aren’t any free alternatives out there? Can’t be that, there are plenty of free and easy to use alternatives. Why not make it a platform free solution, such as Java or some other solution that doesn’t require Windows specifically? The ATO say that it will run on a Mac, if you have Virtual PC 7 and windows installed… Hmmm Are they promoting windows again? Why? Think about it.

A friends Sub-division… A mate of mine decided to sub-divide his property so that a member of his family could build a house. With all of the fee’s and contributions to the Water Board, and council, and everything that the council have told him he needs to do, so far the sub-division has cost over 25% of the property value, and so far all he physically has to show for all of that money (And it isn’t a little sum either), is a small section of concrete driveway. The driveway mind you was done rather cheaply concidering other family members are in the landscaping industry. 80% of the money spent so far has been in paperwork and contributions, money spend to get a signature, or a stamp… Why? Think about it.

In this modern world, we are governed, managed and manipulated by money. Cash makes the world go round. And where does all of this cash end up? Ultimately? Is it in your hands? You the general public? I’m thinking not… Rich people say they made their money by hard work, and determination. I believe them, but how do these rich people spend their money? They buy investment properties, do them up and then rent them out for more than market value. They buy other businesses, incorporating those businesses into their portfolio, usually stripping out what they don’t want. They all do alot of things that are detrimental to a larger and larger number of people. Sure, they probably give back about 10% of what they make to charities, but what are they doing to make that 10%? Is it all good?

The thing is, people are just people, and very very few people are 100% good. How much publicity to rich people get when they give to charity? How much publicity do they get about their companies making millions, and paying their employee’s minimum wages? What percentages of their employee’s are paid fairly for what the company is earning? How many companies these days provide bonuses if they make large amounts of money? How many of those that do provide bonuses equally to all staff?

These are all just questions, one which I’m not willing to answer for you… Ones which I think we all need to ponder. I have thought about them, and I have my opinions, but My opinions aren’t your opinions, and you need to come to your own conclusions.