Australia's real resources, both ecological and human are finite and must be utilised in a sustainable way. The way the Australian economy works means that all of the RepresentUs - Australia - Movement's public policy road map for a sustainable nation can be properly funded, because of the following important facts:
You can learn more about how this is all true by learning Modern Monetary Theory. Alternatively, if you want to interact with a wide range of people - with differing levels of understanding about economics - from Professors to beginners - you can request to join a private FB group called the Modern Monetary Theory Forum that the RepresentUs - Australia - Movement sponsors.
What would you do?
Let’s say a miracle has happened …. You woke up one day and things were a little bit different with our Australian Common Wealth government.
What would you do if you found out that the Australian government’s spending, (more correctly described as an investment in our Common Wealth), was not limited by how much tax revenue it could get? Imagine if it could run budget deficits forever without burdening future generations with debt or increased taxes, and without creating inflation or seeing the value of the Australian dollar plunge? What would you do if you led a government for which money was no object?
The power of us - the people - is far more powerful than the people in power. If all of you who visit this website join the RepresentUs Movement, there is nothing we cannot achieve together.
The power of us - the people - is far more powerful than the people in power. If all of you who visit this website join the RepresentUs Movement, there is nothing we cannot achieve together.
It turns out that this is not just a hypothetical exercise because that “miracle” has actually occurred in two important historical facts:
These two events changed everything for the way the Australian government’s finances operate. Or, more accurately, it should have. The problem is it didn’t change the way the Australian politicians and economists work. They have seriously screwed up. They have caused, and are causing, untold misery and suffering for millions, and are jeopardising our future because they are blindly and stubbornly sticking to an ideological and irrational hatred of government spending. If our representatives were really concerned about the welfare of the people they are meant to represent they would be balancing the competing interest in our society and our economy to our benefit. Read More
The RepresentUs Movement and the numerous experts that advise us, do know how the government’s finances work – and they do not work like a household. That’s nonsense, because households cannot issue – or create - Australian dollars. The government has unique powers when it comes to money that can be intelligently used to create all sorts of possibilities for Australia.
We ask you to be prepared to question what our representatives tell us about how much the government can help make a better life for all Australians - because the stakes couldn’t be higher. Question everything they are telling you about the economy and, of course, question everything we say about the economy as well. But do not assume that the current crop of representatives are right, because that flawed assumption is destroying people’s lives and the planet, while making a few people very very wealthy indeed.
We don’t just care about the economy though.
Like the majority of Australians, we care about social justice, civil liberties and human rights. Read our website and if you suspect we might be right, get in touch – talk to us - and let’s see if we can work together to redefine politics, refresh democracy and do amazing things together for all current and future Australians.