Words from someone else's mouth. Your reading comprehension is cooked.

Taxation takes money out of circulation. It is required to prevent inflation after money creation. Lack of taxation is largely why asset prices rose after covid stimulus.

The social forces that resulted in the trump presidency won't go away. He's not a political aberration. He's the culmination of decades of grievance, which accelerated after the GFC. He's the wrong solution of course, much like one nation is the wrong solution to Australia's problems.

And consequently this degrades peoples trust in our public institutions. "They only have one lever". Yeah, and it isn't having the intended effect.

We will implement polices to improve housing affordability while the housing minister assures the public that house prices will grow "sustainably". Then the public will see us as helping those in need while protecting those with wealth. Win win.

That's where majoritarian politics fails. Sometimes unpopular decisions need to be made to help those who aren't in the majority. And leave off with the patronising language. I'm not shocked, I've lived through it and it's what I've come to expect.

Doesn't mean much to me when he's not the decision maker anymore. He gets to bolster his reputation without taking responsibility. That doesn't impress me at all. Gillard does the same. They had their opportunity to make changes and they didn't take it. Most people don't get that opportunity.

Yeah for sure. He always had to signal his intellect. It was condescending. I remember his comment about "detailed programmatic specificity". Morrison was a dick head, but he got elected because of his daggy dad routine. He pretended to be relatable.

I also think the "at least" being the common refrain when commenting on the performance of our leaders is very telling. Our standards are in the toilet.

I really don't think the limit has been discovered yet. People will skip all sorts of necessities to stay housed. Lots of investors have family to lean on, move back into the family home etc. Shit is gonna get really bad in the coming years.

Labor have really dropped the ball with renters though. They could be doing so much more. So many people are paying too much money to live in shit boxes. I found it easier to get a rental when I was a low paid farm worker in 2010, and when I was on centrelink studying in 2012. Now I'm an electronics engineer and it's harder than it's ever been. My quality of life has not scaled with education and effort. (Edit: quality of life with respect to housing security solely I should clarify. I am not struggling in other respects financially)

I agree with your views on the labor party, but I can't see the opposition being elected. There are so many people who still support labor. Everything they do is just image management (and not particular well, given the Herzog invitation). But lots of people still think they are supportive of affordable housing. They propose the HAFF, then the housing minister a couple of years later says she doesn't want house prices to go down. Your view of the party will depend on which media you've been exposed to. In 2022 albo said rent caps were "pixie dust". I don't think this statement will age very well, but that horse has bolted.