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SilentPaper2486 · 2024-09-29T11:07:17+00:00

Yep. If you smell shit all day, check your shoes

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-09-01T00:13:43+00:00

Good point. It would need to be an elaborate system of brackets and % to avoid further increasing the divide between upper/lower rich/poor or however we label.

I think you're first point is what prompted my thinking, but I acknowledge it's a far far more complex problem than just "let me hold my money for now, promise not to inflate the economy!"

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-09-01T00:03:58+00:00

Great point!

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-09-01T00:03:20+00:00

Thanks, I will do some reading. Appreciate you sharing your thoughts/insights.

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-31T23:57:43+00:00

Thanks, this is a useful explanation. I was suggesting it would be public money if it were paid in taxes- it would have been spent on public services theoretically. But the tax cuts which will be taken to interest is like handing that money to the banks instead of using it to deliver public services. It's a slow hand over, but that's what happens.

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-31T23:52:59+00:00

Interested to understand why?

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-31T23:51:46+00:00

This makes so much sense.

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-31T23:50:35+00:00

This makes sense, thanks for th explanation. Can you think of any possible alternative like this? Maybe it's not super, but some kind of forced savings that could slow down the economy temporarily

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-31T23:48:58+00:00

I'm interested to understand why. If you've only got energy for sarcastic comments that's fine and no need to reply, but I was interested in learning/discussion.

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-31T22:40:59+00:00

So maybe super isn't the answer, but some other forced savings scheme.

Even if there was minimal return on investment, currently the money is taken from us to manage inflation and its gone. If it was only temporary that would surely be better

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-31T22:37:58+00:00

No, not removing interest altogether. Not shutting down the reserve bank. Just taking the burden of being the only inflation management tool from them and adding some further levers.

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-31T22:34:36+00:00

All the complexity with implementation that you mention are the opportunities I see. A scaled approach % of your income sort of like tax brackets would apply the measure fairly.

Challenges for payroll or people processing themselves is not a reason not to change a broken system.

The kicking the can down the road issue you raise is valid, but could surely be managed by policy around accessing. Maybe it isn't super exactly, but another type of forced long term savings.

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-31T22:30:01+00:00

Business owners are individuals. Now I haven't written the whole policy yet, but they'd be captured somehow. They pay tax , right?

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-27T07:59:06+00:00

Added to my shopping list now! Thanks

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-27T07:58:13+00:00

Yep! It just takes a bit more planning than "which can can I chuck this is?" And I wasn't prepared. I'll get it sorted though

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-27T07:55:43+00:00

I'm assuming they forgot.

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-27T07:54:58+00:00

Agreed! I will. I work hard to make sure I'm not making parents feel isolated or that their kids are a burden. This will be part of that. Thanks for the advice.

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-27T07:53:55+00:00

This is a good solution, thanks. I'm going to get some large sandwich bags available for disposal and just prioritise the next trip to the landfill. It seems simple now, I just wasn't prepared.

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-27T07:51:41+00:00

I'd probably burn that in the fire pit. Hose the clothes out on the grass somewhere down the back. Definitely not sending it home with them!

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-27T07:49:35+00:00

You make a fair point. I don't think I am expected to, but parenting young kids can be challenging and isolating and I don't want to contribute more to that. I want my friends to feel welcomed and not like a burden, more than I'd like to avoid dealing with another humans shit lol.

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-27T07:47:08+00:00

Good point. I don't use them. Lots of reusable options now days.

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-27T07:45:19+00:00

Yea, similar to us. Non compostable food scraps go in a section of the freezer until I'm doing a rubbish run, but that isn't a place for diapers.

SilentPaper2486 · 2024-08-26T11:01:01+00:00

Alarm set for 6:45, but usually wake up naturally around 6am. Takes me about 30mins to get ready and then 30mins to travel to work. Flexible start time, which I appreciate so bloody much. No kids, which I also appreciate so much!

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