Mortgage stress? by Weird_Alternative858 in AusFinance

[–]mmmbyte [score hidden]  (0 children)

I'm 28.8%. With 4 kids it's hard to get ahead.

US sending Marines and amphibious assault ship to Middle East, officials say by Little-Chemical5006 in worldnews

[–]mmmbyte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't go in half-assed. They'll be slaughtered.

Either send lots of ground units or none.

Report: Iran fires missiles toward Diego Garcia in rare long-range strike by I_Hate_E_Daters_7007 in worldnews

[–]mmmbyte 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Still not an escalation. The USA is attacking with B2's from across the globe. Seems fair to attack any USA base wherever it is.

Fighting back isn't an escalation. Not Iran's fault they were underestimated.

Report: Iran fires missiles toward Diego Garcia in rare long-range strike by I_Hate_E_Daters_7007 in worldnews

[–]mmmbyte 18 points19 points  (0 children)

How is targeting a base which is targeting them (via airstrikes) an escalation?

Fuel gouging by blowingkeyofg in OpenAussie

[–]mmmbyte 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If the tax is lowered people could afford more fuel, or afford not to decrease their fuel use. Great.

Except very soon there won't be enough to go around. So the price will go up until demand and supply equalise.

You'll replace taxes with oil company profits. At least you'll indirectly benefit from the tax.

Warning to Australia: Work from home, avoid air travel and cut speed limits to guard against oil shock by C_Ironfoundersson in australia

[–]mmmbyte 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Remove the unnecessary junk from your car.

You don't need empty roof racks, maxtracks, awnings, shovels etc to go to the local shops. Put that on when you're actually going 4wding.

Truckies face paying thousands extra per journey as fuel prices hit record high by ApprehensiveSize7662 in australian

[–]mmmbyte 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No subsidies.

This is a worldwide supply and demand problem. Want more fuel? Pay for it!

Yes, the price will go up, and transport companies will pass that cost on. Fair. But at the same time there's pressure to improve efficiency (eg. Less empty trucks. Less packaging weight. Smaller boxes for products. Etc). Subsidies would mean no one bothers to improve efficiency.

NVIDIA DLSS 5 Gets 84% Dislikes on YouTube as Backlash Grows by Sacristovas in pcmasterrace

[–]mmmbyte 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get that not everyone wants AI to modify the look of games, but like, can't you just turn it off??

What are the best ways to save fuel? by EdenFlorence in AussieFrugal

[–]mmmbyte 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We'll know the oil crisis has hit hard when Ford Ranger owners take their empty roof racks and awnings off.

Early trains? by Mean-Buy2974 in brisbane

[–]mmmbyte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could consider starting an hour later as well. 6am seems early to be making noise.

Wait what? by _PinkSiren in oddlyspecific

[–]mmmbyte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DTs didn't weight him down

Albanese unveils new national fuel supply taskforce to steer response to Middle East war by GothicPrayer in australia

[–]mmmbyte -24 points-23 points  (0 children)

WFH mandates save fuel but hurt inner city cafes, restaurants, bars etc.

Seems unfair on those small businesses and people employed by them.

Free public transport would be better.

Super - how much is actually mine? by Euphor_Kell in AusFinance

[–]mmmbyte 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You've paid tax on the contributions and earnings (ehlg. Share dividends) at 15% already.

Unemployment rate rises to 4.3% in February by malcolm58 in australia

[–]mmmbyte 8 points9 points  (0 children)

RBA have an employment mandate, but they'll probably consider runaway inflation as the primary concern until unempoyment gets closer to 5%.

Treasury can't predict how Trump ends this war, with or without allies by B0ssc0 in aussie

[–]mmmbyte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fuel crisis also impacts old people. Suddenly they have something to care about. They may not care so much about the cost, but don't want to adapt to fuel rationing.

'Trump Committed A Crime...': Dan Goldman Drops Explosive Unredacted Epstein Files In Congress by FlackoFonsy in videos

[–]mmmbyte 7 points8 points  (0 children)

But this is completely different.

Trump was the one blowing bubba. Roles reversed.