Parentheses » user profile

The people who say that and think the way you do are nothing but blind to all the other luck that exists. How wealthy or connected your…

>if land is used to produce income Please think deeper about things before launching into your existing position, because it's clear you…

Depends on your starting value I suppose. That's the problem with working with percentage and percentage points interchangeably. If you…

More, until the problem is resolved.

I won't be buying these for myself as I would wake up tomorrow 24 deep and wondering why my tears smell sweet - but for anybody who is…

Except the context of this discussion is 'is it justified to provide more support to people buying their first home by increasing tax on…

So what you're saying is that because people can choose to destroy their bodies, costing them millions in potential income over lost years…

If that's what you're eating, you're essentially making worse investment choices than someone who is taking rolling payday loans each week.…

Eh, the native Australian ecosystem is better at being drought resistant than anything we might do to help it. Though sucking the rivers…

Forget 'deposit' - you aren't getting a loan, period. No bank will touch you with a 100-foot pole. Your idea that you can just 'improve…

>if rent is 200$ a week for a studio It isn't. Renting your own place is a luxury you can't afford in Sydney on min wage. Most who are…

Um. Look, I had a whole back and forth of snappy one liners here cause I thought people might need a laugh, but you've completely eclipsed…

Educating Australians was never really their job - a side gig at best. Their job, and most of how they are funded and governed even today,…

I know at least one person who ticks all those boxes, yes.

How is it building more houses?

Go on - tell me how young I am. Dollars to doughnuts you're out by at least a full generation. You want to talk closeminded, the fact…

Option one is you did not know. Option two is you did know, but didn't realise how that being reality makes your statement pointless. We…

You did not get this right, no. We live in a world where at least one person cannot afford a house by working.

Lol... Look at the water requirements for irrigation, and the water requirements for urban populations. A desal plant can supply enough to…

I did provide a source... your source. Which didn't say what you thought it said. Do you think that providing a source means randomly…

I mean, you can try and handwave things with links you didn't read or understand properly, but that doesn't make you any less wrong. That…

Releasing housing from prior demand is lowering demand, not increasing supply. It increases *surplus* (or in this case reduces deficit).…

>Property ownership is 'not a right' It should be - or at least having safe shelter should be, the same as food, water, clothing, and…

If we lived in a world where you could afford a house by just going out and getting a job then your point wouldn't be completely stupid.…

Becoming a have has always been a combination of luck+hard work. It is possible to replace 100% of the hard work aspect through more luck…

>that responsibility falls on the Govt This idea that the population is separate from the government is dumb as rocks. You ARE the…

How great a social life or mental health do you feel homeless people enjoy?

Not so dramatic - remember that in 2021 a LOT of overseas living people had come home and weren't leaving. Around 850k were secondary…

The right to secure living is far, far more important to society than investor property rights. Nobody ever rioted, stole, or murdered…

What do you think this tax would do? It's a demand-side control.