• Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    It’s crazy how hard the media has been working to convince millions of Aussies trying to make ends meet that these changes are somehow bad for them.

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      12 hours ago

      The capital gains discount removal is bad for anyone with any investments, and people without any investments aren’t going to be any better off because of it.

      • Tenderizer@aussie.zone
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        8 hours ago

        They basically had to include all capital gains because otherwise the consolation tax cut wouldn’t be worth the paper it’s written on. The $250 annual WATO is small, but it’s big relative to the amount the average Australian’s investments will suffer.

    • nigel@piefed.social
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      2 days ago

      Do you see this being challenged anywhere? I’m only on piefed, and it all seems pretty sane here. And IRL the groups I move in get it. But there are plenty of others who could undo it all.

      I almost feel like putting up posters around the neighborhood or something.