Has any other Aussie felt screwed over? We pay extra for everything, downloadable software, internet services, etc. What's even worse is when we want to buy cool tech-shizzle we need to pay shipping of $30-$40. I was interested in ordering an epic USB Flash Drive for $22 and the shipping itself was $46-$58. This is 2+ times the price of the product itself. I frankly hate the fact Australian's don't have easier accessibility to cool tech stores, quite annoying... :|
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Australian's have shit-all
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We pay for shiddy internet + carbon tax.
Yay.
Yay.
Prime minister can try and make all these promises to us. They actually get the job.
They collapse.
They collapse.
Because our government is fucking stupid. When Australia was run by the Liberal party, we had ZERO debts. We were in the clear with all countries and were quite self-sustained. Then the Labor party showed up and now we're in about 400 Billion dollars in debt due to the free $900 our PM decided to give out. Spent $43b on new internet (Kinda happy about that though it's still going to take for fucking ever to implement).
So to cover the governments back, they introduce taxes to bail out there mistakes. Hi5 you shitcunt PM.
So to cover the governments back, they introduce taxes to bail out there mistakes. Hi5 you shitcunt PM.
Touche said:
No it didn't. It made people think it did. We weren't in a recession. The economy would have easily equalized without it. And she also fucked up with the insulation shit.
Touche said:
No it didn't. It made people think it did. We weren't in a recession. The economy would have easily equalized without it. And she also fucked up with the insulation shit.
Haunter said:
You are 400 billion dollars in debt. You lucky mother fuckers. We are 14 trillion in debt in America. Our debt goes up an average of 1 trillion/year. The second Bush took office in 2000 we lost our surplus and our budget is in a deficit. Republicans fuck everything up.
Haunter said:
Actually it did, probably would gotten us out of a depression. No one was buying or shopping because of Australian Economy was going downhill.
But really, current PM is spending peoples well hard tax money on boat people, doll and other useless shit. We also have 200+ taxes in this country.
Inflation in Australian is too high than most countries like US.
Inxy said:
It did save us from the recession since most people were using that money to purchase products which kept pumping money into the economy.
Inflation is extremely high but accepting boat people is a fantastic thing, tbh, it's human rights.
The Elite said:
I'll just agree to dissagree. Me and 4 classmates back when I was in year 12 did a paper on socioeconomics and we didn't think it did, while 4 other classmates thought it did.
Accepting boat people isn't human rights. It's a waste. It costs about $55,000 - $70,000 a year per person we keep locked up in refugee camps. Money which could easily be spent elsewhere. Pensioners get less than imigrants do per year. How stupid.
Haunter said:
I require some data on how it's costing $70k/yr to maintain ONE boat person, when us Sydney-siders live in one of the most expensive cities in the world in regards to quality of life. My siblings and I live beneath the $50k/yr mark for the three of us and we're in the top end of mid-class IMHO.
Your comment on "Pensioners get less than imigrants" is completely wrong. Only 2.7% of immigrants are boat people.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/08/australia-fear-boat-people-asylum-seekers
