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Au Revoir Shosanna: Feb 17, 2011; i support this government and/or service

gay picnic defence posted:

That's going to go down well I imagine

lol

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Au Revoir Shosanna: Feb 17, 2011; i support this government and/or service

our poll numbers seem to go down whenever we hint at loving over the poor and reducing taxes for the rich but maybe just stay the course and we'll win through sheer concentrated delusion

# ¿ May 1, 2016 23:18

Au Revoir Shosanna: Feb 17, 2011; i support this government and/or service

Zenithe posted:

~aspirational voters~

Australia.

# ¿ May 1, 2016 23:46

Au Revoir Shosanna: Feb 17, 2011; i support this government and/or service

QUACKTASTIC posted:

But think of the short-term savings!

neoliberalism.txt

# ¿ May 4, 2016 04:37

Au Revoir Shosanna: Feb 17, 2011; i support this government and/or service

I would literally torture children for political gain.

# ¿ May 4, 2016 15:07

Au Revoir Shosanna: Feb 17, 2011; i support this government and/or service

Mithranderp posted:

Regardless of $6,000 toasters, I hate the perpetuation of the 'trickle-down economics' myth. Cutting company taxes doesn't necessarily lead to more jobs--companies don't hire people just because they've got extra money, they hire people if there is more demand for their products and services.

Giving welfare recipients or lower-income earners even a modest increase in income will result in more demand for products and services because, funnily enough, poor people need to buy things. E.g. if I had an extra $20/fortnight I might be able to go to the hairdresser more than once a year, and on a large scale this would increase demand for hairdressers, and would lead to more jobs in hairdressing!

If someone on a higher income received $20 extra a fortnight, they might invest the extra money in shares or put it towards their mortgage, but it'd have little difference to their spending habits in general. Tax cuts for the rich don't stimulate the economy to the same scale that they do for the poor.

This cannot be stated enough. Welfare for low income earners is efficient economic stimulus.

Unfortunately the majority of Australians still believe that the Libs are the better economic managers, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary.

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