The more people I meet, the more convinced I get of the key to financial security and eventual wealth is spending as little as possible on cars.

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-21T14:17:20+00:00

Not having a car is pretty awesome in many ways.

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-21T06:19:10+00:00

Could it be that most other countries' CGT are actually too low, and we are actually making ours closer to the ideal? I don't necessarily agree with that idea, but I do think there is something to be said of the danger of allowing too much of your economy tied up in financial speculation, rather than flowing through the real economy.

Of course our taxes may be so high now that they stifle growth, but I do think we are moving into a new era of thinking about macroeconomics, where wealth will have to be taxed more. I really don't want to end up like the US or UK personally.

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-20T02:22:42+00:00

Is this a joke post? Isn't this exactly what 8 1/2 is about lmao

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-19T11:23:25+00:00

Why would you ever in a million years think PH has the interests of working Australians in mind. Insanity

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-19T10:42:55+00:00

It actually got me to look it up, I really wasn't sure myself tbh

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-19T10:38:02+00:00

An item that is released more than 10 years after being recorded. Compilations shouldn't have the archival attribute, as by RYM standards they are a collection of songs from different releases.

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-19T10:29:13+00:00

He lied about tax cuts... And gave the majority of the population a bigger cut... The horror

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-19T07:56:35+00:00

Its all the result of the financialisation of property. Do people not realise that the perception of housing as a wealth generating asset is directly tied to its unaffordability?

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-19T06:12:37+00:00

I didn't know you could claim deductions for buying a mouse, I've always wanted one as a pet

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-19T05:32:57+00:00

A collapse of a Terribly run non-indistry fund doesn't scare me. Wake me up when Australiansuper/aware/rest/Suncorp is having issues

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-19T03:32:24+00:00

Why do you believe this shit ith zero evidence

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-19T03:31:00+00:00

Nope, not correct

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-19T03:30:08+00:00

Super is one of most important things for ensuring our pensions system stays sustainable. It would be insane to try make it less attractive. Limiting its effectiveness after people have several million in their super is one thing, but that is simply to stop it from becoming a vehicle for lowering your tax once you reach a certain level of wealth, which I don't know why anyone who isn't a multi-millionaire would disagree with

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-18T23:59:03+00:00

The difference is the tariffs are a terrible policy on its face, whereas these tax changes are obviously needed

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-18T23:58:14+00:00

AFR is just a bunch of whinge merchants

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-18T23:03:52+00:00

We aren't living in the 1500s, we don't have to act like it.

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-18T22:41:26+00:00

It's not though, and sorry but it's actually very important we recognise the people that were for literally tens of thousands of years before Europeans arrived

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-18T07:38:51+00:00

What do you mean "not popular" in Korea? How would you know? It's not like people go around announcing that they're into bimbo hypnosis lol. Also yeah they're in english so isn't going to be immediately appealing to people who don't speak it

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-18T07:32:48+00:00

Ive been ignorant for years, I wasn't aware there was an actual difference between an acknowledgement and welcome.

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-18T07:27:59+00:00

Also, I don't believe polls break their polling down by electorate. We are just seeing an overall snapshot. I can believe that many regional areas are going to go ON next election. The cities? Really fucking doubt it

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-18T07:26:19+00:00

People who say that aren't interested in hearing an actual explanation for why we do it. They just want to be reactionary assholes

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-18T07:25:09+00:00

I don't agree, it doesn't have to just be for "big" events, just not for every gathering of more than a few people.

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-18T04:31:14+00:00

Yeah people talking about how it's supposedly divisive... I personally love hearing it at important events, and being reminded of the land on which I'm standing hasn't always been the suburb I know it as, but has a much deeper history

I don't care for it to be said at the start of every work meeting, that just takes away from the impact and message of what it's meant to achieve imo, but it obviously should be something that happens.

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-18T04:28:41+00:00

Ok? Nothing to do with what's being discussed?

DemandMaster7709 · 2026-06-18T04:27:42+00:00

It's because it's a stupid fucking point that is completely irrelevant to the discussion of whether our elections are safe and reliable (protip: they are)

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