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2022 Australian Federal Election on this coming weekend - please make your vote count!

Think very carefully if you wish to support the Liberal National Party (Australian Republican party basically) or Clive Palmer or Pauline Hanson (both support the LNP through preferences, etc.) or any of the 'teal independents' (mostly disaffected LNP people) this federal election...

Under the LNP's 'super for housing' scheme a person can pull $50k out of super (equiv of 401k type schemes in the USA) to buy a house. But where does the rest of the money come from? Bank of mum and dad? (not likely anymore - inheritances aren't common) so high risk (relatively low interest) bank finance? (most likely) Young people can also access all sorts of Aus federal and state govt grant schemes for first home buyers, and can borrow nearly all the principal because interest rates are stupidly low.

I could buy a modest property right now outright with no mortgage if I could use all my super, but would I want to do that and then have close to zero funds left to retire with in 20 yrs time (around when I'm 70 since I can't stop working sooner)? No.

Yet everyone who took $20k out of super during lockdowns (primarily young adults) will clamour to take another $50k out to 'get into the property market'.

The LNP achieves a few goals here - forces property prices up, people have to work longer past when they could nominally retire and makes people have a lot less to live on when they retire (thus incentivising people to keep working longer) - so people will be left with no viable option but to work until they die plus leave nothing for future generations.

These are pillars the Australian Liberal aka Republican party has wanted for ages, and ties into the WEF Agenda 2030 targets of which our federal government is a signatory (think 'great reset', etc.) via membership of the WEF.
Abstraction · 61-69, M
The most productive period of government was when independents had the balance of power. Four guys who might be termed today 'teal' independents negotiated some of the best advances in progressive policies for a decade or more.

Currently: Liberal/ nationals are the fossil fuel party - servants to the big donors. Labor are only marginally better, factionally challenged and afraid to stand for anything. Greens are great. I would be unhappy with teal independents or anyone else forming a government with this current incompetent, corrupt, dishonest, backwards-thinking, unprincipled government. I'll move to new zealand, seriously, couldn't stomach more of this.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Abstraction [media=https://youtu.be/imuTUxBu-kQ]
Abstraction · 61-69, M
@whowasthatmaskedman I saw that.
ExtremeNext · 31-35
I have no doubt the morons and halfwits walking the street will vote labor and set the country back 20 years
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@ExtremeNext I would bow to your extensive experience on the subject..😷
ExtremeNext · 31-35
@whowasthatmaskedman only got to look at history of Labor governments
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@ExtremeNext I do. Going back as far as Bob Hawke,😷
zonavar68 · 56-60, M
Do not vote these Spotted Dicks back on this Saturday May 21st! Scomo (foreground - the current PM) and in background is Peter Dutton (aka 'babyface') the current Defence Minister.
Bushranger · 70-79, M
@whowasthatmaskedman I still can't get Peter Griffin out of my head when I see Scomo.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Bushranger I get the physical resemblence. But Griffin had principles and is a better singer..😷
Bushranger · 70-79, M
@whowasthatmaskedman And more human, too.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
A fair, if limited summary. The Liberal Plan just provides more access to money (That scheme was already there for people over 65 and due to go to 60 as of July, but is not to be accessable to 55 year olds). The labour plan targets low income earners only, who have less chance of having big superannuation balances, and specifies a price ceiling on the house. And it is accompanied by a public housing building scheme, which "should" have a downward impact on the market. One more thing.. The Labor Scheme takes a % equity position in the houises bought. So if the bum falls out of the housing market, they share the loss. If you take your own Super out, and the value drops the whole loss is yours.😷
Thevy29 · 41-45, M
I'm not voting Liberal. Thanks to them the only way that I, an Aged Care Worker can even dream of affording a house under their government is to work 16 hours a day 6 days a week. And I am too f#cking tired to do that.
scorpiolovedeep · 51-55, M
Can I vote for any of the Australian of the Year Nominees ?

I reckon it should be one of the options on the ballot paper.
zonavar68 · 56-60, M
@scorpiolovedeep They are not political nominees though and many of them will 'align' with the incumbent government because of their awards.
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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@zonavar68 The primary mission for the elction is much the same as the American Presidential election.. To get the current administration OUT..😷
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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@chockaholic2020 I wasnt planning on electing Palmer or Hanson😷

 
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