Both the governance and taxation issues point to a corporate culture that is heavily siloed, where lawyers and accountants are unconnected from issues of wider social impact.
Certainly Mr. McCain strikes conservative themes, too, such as when he calls for a permanent ban on Internet taxation or points out that his voting record has been steadily anti-abortion.
I am a big supporter of progressive taxation, but at some point it becomes politically unsustainable.
Over the next 20 years, this would transfer an estimated $34m a year from big operators to small ones.The final sticking point is taxation.
No major political party, except the Greens, has made the case for putting social care services on the same footing as the NHS; paid for out of general taxation, free at the point of delivery.
I like my job, but there comes a point when taxation becomes oppressive.
Indeed, the point about taxation goes a long way to showing why limited terms are not some sort of unjust "confiscation".
Historically countries like Chile, as well as Cuba and Sri Lanka, were amongst the first to emulate the British model characterised by universal coverage, funded by general taxation, free at the point of service, and public ownership and/or regulation of health care delivery of services.
In the 1980s the size of the state and the level of taxation were the most vital points of debate between the main parties.
As part of the deal, the Social Democrats agreed not to oppose a general rise in value-added taxation of 2 percentage points, to 23 percent, in return for some changes to the government's initial tax plans, including the exemption of food products from the higher value-added tax.
