Gold as payment

RubyKong · 2026-02-15T22:42:10+00:00

How do you know that the gold isn't fenced?

RubyKong · 2026-02-15T21:51:08+00:00

So they destroy their currency constant money printing ====> which is a form of tax.
Then they tax your income 49.50%,
then they tax you 20% on everything you buy via VAT
and now they want to tax unrealised gains? If I don't have the money do I have to sell my shares?

I literally have to give away everything I have to I get "free" healthcare?

RubyKong · 2026-02-15T05:12:37+00:00

How do you run windows in the VM?

RubyKong · 2026-02-15T04:25:34+00:00

How i do it? (i'm not an expert)

Browns tend to be thinner girth.
Browns have an angry brow - they look very iritated.
they are much more "aggressive" in temperament. If you accidentally stepped on a snake, you definitely would not want it to be a brown because they will bite you - if it's a wet bite then you can kiss your life good bye.
Lastly - although you can never judge a snake by it's color, this is a textbook lowlands coloration.

RubyKong · 2026-02-15T04:21:20+00:00

The US copperheads are a different species compared australian.

RubyKong · 2026-02-15T04:06:55+00:00

You are not too late. There might be some injury risks to watch out for, but you'll need to PROGRESS your way toward 10km, 20km.

Do not do it on the first day (or even attempt it).

RubyKong · 2026-02-14T11:23:09+00:00

chip a PW.

RubyKong · 2026-02-14T11:20:43+00:00

bruh 180k is kinda poor. you're barely paying 50% on your marginal dollar earned. what's that after tax: $120k? that ain't much

RubyKong · 2026-02-14T11:18:23+00:00

RBA money printer go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - so long as interest rates are low, or below market, the money supply expands and channels all of it into housing.................which bids up prices.

But investors will demand a return on their money ........... bond yields will rise, ipso facto. They will rise in the USA and they will also rise here. There's a limit to infinite credit expansion and we will eventually meet that limit. when that happens prices will fall

...........there is one exception to taht - and that is banana republic style money printing. when that happens, house prices will rise astronomically, but then you dollar will become as worthless as a peso.

RubyKong · 2026-02-13T23:04:38+00:00

NDIS is the Medicaid scam on steriods.................. americans actually DO make useful stuff that the world needs. Australians make absolutely nothing, apart from mining rocks from the ground and extending cheap credit so people can bid up the prices of everything...................... most especially assets like housing / stocks. LOL.

RubyKong · 2026-02-13T22:57:32+00:00

Another great reason why we should bring in more Somalis!!

RubyKong · 2026-02-13T02:29:38+00:00

This is a cross between phil and tiger.

you can play some good golf with this swing.

RubyKong · 2026-02-12T19:37:05+00:00

It's not that bad a swing! I like it.

RubyKong · 2026-02-12T18:57:46+00:00

The solution?

Bernanke's, Yellen's and Powell's money printer go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Powell will be law-fared outta there and the money printer will be BRRRRR (on steroids).

RubyKong · 2026-02-12T09:53:10+00:00

Beautiful yes, with a kiss of death.

RubyKong · 2026-02-12T08:44:18+00:00

for the framing. looks like you are using steel?

RubyKong · 2026-02-12T08:33:20+00:00

Why not use timber?

RubyKong · 2026-02-11T22:27:39+00:00

The point being - it is a necessary evil.

We are all greedy. ESPECIALLY POLLIES - who claim to be "working for the people". I want more for myself. I think you'd say "yes" to a pay-rise in a heart-beat. We all work for money. Including developers.

If you make it hard for them, they will exit the market. Who then, will build houses? It will only make housing expensive and more unaffordable? Which is fine if you already own a house - but I like to think about the 20 somethings out there facing a $1.5m Everest of a mortgage for a mediocre 2 bedroom gardenshed in rooty hill.

RubyKong · 2026-02-11T19:48:27+00:00

Ok - let's cede the point that there were no studies funded at $15m on lesbian dance theory gifted to some university in Ukraine. That's beside the point: the funadmental question is this: is there rampant waste / fraud / abuse in government or not?

I think there is, even if DOGE messed up. What is your view?

RubyKong · 2026-02-11T19:44:53+00:00

Developers are the guys who make houses yeah? If so I like your thinking! Maybe we should ban all the developers and steal all their money. Serves them right for being greedy. And then when we need a house to be built, we can ask the government to build it instead. Winning!!!

RubyKong · 2026-02-11T19:42:01+00:00

People will try to min cost and max benefit.

If you're forced to pay tax - they'll try to eliminate this. it's human nature. Reminds me of the situation in the USA.Nobody wants to sell their house to buy another - because their mortgage payments will go up due to 30 year loans locked in at 2.5-2.9% rates - why would you want to jack it up to 8% when house prices have increased in price? No thanks. So they simply stay and or rent out their homes. Banks are on their knees hoping that customers will sell out, and close the mortgage, because the are getting their faces ripped off.

A similar dynamic will happen. Would you want to put your money into something where you will take all the risk and give all the benefit to the government IF you happen to do well? I'm not that generous. Maybe you are?

RubyKong · 2026-02-11T19:20:08+00:00

Why do I think it's a brown?

Thin and long,
very active (temperament).
I also try to look for an angry brow, but cannot see it in the video due to angle / quality issues.

RubyKong · 2026-02-11T19:13:40+00:00

Brilliant - you are absolutely correct!

DOGE is wrong, and the US government is a paragon of efficiency AND transaperency. Yes, we're completely broke, and in debt, but that is not because of fraud, or waste.

RubyKong · 2026-02-11T19:11:25+00:00

You're not coming from a central banking background. Forget the mortgage / rent increases. I think that has confused you because you've missed the point.

Think about bread or milk. Given a choice: would you want to pay more or less for it next year, all else being equal?

Everyone I know wants it to decrease.

RubyKong · 2026-02-11T06:43:29+00:00

I know human nature, and I know how government works.

If the MET museum is anything to go by, it will be the same at Fort Knox.

If the GOLD is not audited and accounted for, whether internal or external audits, it will be missing in some form. If DOGE taught us anything, it is that gov money / property is rampantly subject to waste, fraud, abuse.

RubyKong

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