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I'd like to enquire about the miners paying $0 tax and our elected officials getting sweet, sweet jobs with them after they leave public service.
How long will that enquiry take?
Unlike genocide, that situations fixable by voters, we just seem content with what we have.
We could Vote Green, who have policies around higher taxes fo the wealthy and and corporations and dental into medicare, free universty etc
hell, I dont vote Green to elect the Greens per se but to move the syatus quo off the orthodoxy and allow the Overton Window to shift.
Nothing changes until voters do.
Was travelling in Europe recently.
Ended up having a chart with a couple from Norway, someone from the United States, and some others.
The couple from Norway were absolutely phenomenal to listen to.
In comparison, the young lady from the United States described how she was going to have a $350k student alone when she finishes studying. The table gasped in horror, and she justified it completely by saying it will be absolutely fine because she will easily earn six figures. Her life was over before it started, and we could all see it. She was absolutely defending it and thought it was totally fine.
However, the main part of this story is that the Norway couple looked at us, and he said directly, that Australia is the biggest crime, even more so than the American lady and her ridiculous university bill, because of the amount of minerals we have. In particular, that we don't charge any tax.
Surprised me that Europeans know this about us, and it's more than just embarrassing. Is the difference between the amazing lifestyle, and health benefits that the couple from Norway have, versus what we all face here.
We follow the United States lead, rather than the European lead. And it's all fixable so quickly, and so easily. This is not some deep-rooted societal problem, this is just a corruption problem.
As a long time greens voters, the greens do not have policies, they have ideas. As they know they're not going to win, they don't formulate any of their ideas and talking points as policies.