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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (19 children)

Because there’s a big difference between an empty apartment in a city and an empty half the year holiday home out in the bush used by the whole family.

And why not give Australians an advantage in our own country? I’m fine with American companies having to pay more taxes towards us.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago (16 children)

If you can afford a holiday home, you have enough of an advantage already

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (12 children)

Mate, I earn below median wage and I could buy a “holiday home”. This isn’t something fancy, it’s a shitty old house in the bush.

What I can’t afford is a house where jobs and people are, the city.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

So wouldn’t the fees be proportional to the price? The added taxes on a tiny cheap holiday home would be cheap too.

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