Auspol January: I think that young Abbott would make a really good minister

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Lid posted:

Itt people seriously try to debate a 4 foot tall levanese woman carrying mace

If IWC wasn't so buff from going to the gym all the time then people wouldn't be so intimidated by her.

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Pickled Tink posted:

I need to correct this. It was Count Chocula who was afraid of people who went to the gym because they were buff and poo poo, not IWC.

My mistake. All the ridiculous poo poo in this thread blurs together after a while.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2016 15:24

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EXAKT Science posted:

Strap the capitalists to the blades of windmills, imo

I wonder what the energy storage capacity of molten capitalists is compared to molten salts.

# ¿ Jan 7, 2016 15:16

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You Am I posted:

Wow, looks like our economy is hosed if Andrew Charlton's views on China's economy and its flow on effects are correct.

Where can I read this? TIA

# ¿ Jan 8, 2016 10:03

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open24hours posted:

Would you take it over better local trains?

400km/h is at the high end of current technology, and you can guarantee they'd go for a much slower and slightly cheaper option.

So even if you had the money to do both you wouldn't bother with the high speed rail?

# ¿ Jan 9, 2016 03:07

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Speaking of eating the rich: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-11/capital-gains-tax-reform-could-raise-46-billion-report/7079882

quote:

The Federal Government could raise as much as $46 billion a year if it axes the capital gains tax (CGT) exemption on the family home, according to new research.

A new Capital Gains Tax report, issued by think tank The Australia Institute with data by the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, said that more than half the benefit of the CGT exemption was enjoyed by households in the top 20 per cent of incomes.

The report estimated that ending the exemption for houses worth more than $2 million would still draw nearly $12 billion in new revenue over four years.

Australia Institute executive director Ben Oquist said at an annual loss of $46 billion, the CGT exemption for primary residences was costing the Government more than its entire defence or aged pension spending.

Mr Oquist told the ABC it would be "nonsensical" to exclude the exemption from serious tax reform.

"While it's probably politically unrealistic to think about removing that exemption altogether, one thing we've modelled today is looking at removing the exemption for homes worth more than $2 million," he said.

"Such a move would affect a very small amount of the population."

The modelling follows an earlier call to include the family home in the pension assets test, which researchers said would save the Government $14.5 billion a year.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull previously promised to put fairness at the centre of his Government's approach to economic change and tax reform, following concern over a potential increase in the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

The nation's peak welfare group the Australian Council of Service Service voiced concerns for low income earners during debate late last year, while the Federal Opposition has ruled out supporting an increase in the GST.

# ¿ Jan 11, 2016 03:16

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open24hours posted:

The Greens are actually an interesting feature of the decline of the left. With socialism being so thoroughly discredited for so many people environmentalism provides one of the only ways to criticise capitalism without being immediately written off as some kind of cold war throwback.

But at the same time there are heaps of people that write them off totally even if they agree with large parts of their platform because of their focus on environmentalism.

I'd actually like to see a party that's essentially the greens but instead of being branded as environmentalists heavily pushes a brand focused on health, education and public infrastructure. While those are some fairly prominent areas in all parties I think a focus on those would still allow a party to differentiate itself from the other parties while providing shitloads of avenues to criticise the status quo.

# ¿ Jan 13, 2016 05:23

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Fresh in our mammaries.

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Ban all donations to political parties.

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