• cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
    7·
    1 month ago

    Didn’t realize which community this was in first, and for a second had the wrong Albanese in mind. Seemed very off brand for Francesca. Not so much for Anthony.

  • Cypher@aussie.zone
    62·
    1 month ago

    Rates are not managed by the Federal Government, they are managed by the RBA.

    When someone starts their little list of grievances by misattributing a problem you know that whatever follows will be full of shit.

    • lumpenproletariat@quokk.auOPMEnglish
      7·
      1 month ago

      So are you saying Labor can’t do anything about fossil fuels and racism?

      Don’t dismiss everything else because of a misattributed problem.

      • Cypher@aussie.zone
        12·
        1 month ago

        Ahh yes, Albanese didn’t bring a referendum to address First Nations issues, and definitely didn’t invest billions into renewables.

        Remember if you can’t click your fingers and solve world hunger you’re just not good enough

    • zero_gravitas@aussie.zone
      5·
      1 month ago

      They’re talking about a different rate: https://greens.org.au/campaigns/raise-rate

      Raise The Rate

      Poverty is a political choice.

      Over 5 million Australians are barely scraping by on Centrelink payment rates below the poverty line, and millions more are struggling with the cost of living.

      Yet the government is choosing to cut taxes for the ultra wealthy instead of raising the rate of income support.

      • Cypher@aussie.zone
        2·
        1 month ago

        The people making that choice are the voters who have ousted every government that attempted to increase taxes on mining and gas.

        Also that’s a nice talking point from the Greens but it doesn’t seem to pass the pub test.

        The government gave everyone a tax break, which had been left as a wedge issue by the previous Liberal government. Labor tweaked it so that lower income earners got a bigger break but didn’t scrap it as keeping the tax cut was an election promise.

        Labor are also looking to tax ultra wealthy individuals super at a higher rate. So again… what tax cut for the rich are the Greens on about?