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Unsustainable housing policies : Comments

By Goro Gupta, published 10/7/2023

While Labour, Coalition and the Greens battle it out in parliament over the housing bill, vulnerable groups in society continue to live without a roof over their heads.

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Hi Paul, no I don't agree.

If you worked hard, saved and bought your own home, it should be your home end of story free from guilt trips or anything else, to try and make up incompetent politicians and poor policies.

It seems to me the whole entire problem could be alleviated with just a few things.
1. Stop immigration.
One could argue the government is deliberately using immigration to create a housing supply crisis and to enrich themselves and their own personal housing portfolios. So I would ban politicians from owning more than a few properties themselves, otherwise theres a huge conflict of interest.
2. Come up with a foolproof plan to actually houses everyone who needs to be housed.
This probably won't happen, because its essentially home owners V's renters, and those who enrich themselves at the renters expense make the policies.

The very last thing I would consider doing is what you're suggesting.
It seems that you want the mob to picket outside of wealthier peoples homes who have spare bedrooms with pitchforks and torches, essentially blaming citizens for government incompetence.

It's a messed up as this whole 'voice' thing.
The government were the ones who made the policies for the last 2 hundred years, but now they want to present themselves as the saviors, and they want the rest of the citizenry to pay rent and reparations.
Posted by Armchair Critic, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 10:17:38 AM
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The government itself is the most corrupt cartel of undesireables I've come across, they think it's their job to take from the haves (who worked for it) and give to the have-nots.

Take retail sales and the 'cost of living crisis'.
The manufacturer or producer of an item sells to a wholesaler and government takes 10%, then wholesalers sell to the retailer and the government takes another 10%, then the retailer sells to the consumer and the government takes another 10%.

What about houses or cars, or even second-hand items.
The tax on all the items is already paid, but the government wants another piece called stamp duty. Everytime a house or car changes ownership the government wants another piece of the action, a car could be sold to new owners 10 times, and everytime the government takes a piece.

Take a shop full of secondhand goods, for people not so well off, if those second hand goods are sold for profit, the government wants a piece, regardless of whether it already collected tax when the item was originally sold by a retailer.
In most cases government wants a 10% slice of every single financial transaction.

They need to be paid off every time you buy a toilet roll to wipe your bum .
They'll even take your money if you leave it in the bank too long untouched.

Somehow they managed to get their 'helping themselves to harder working peoples money' policy fine-tuned really well.
- A brilliant policy if you wish to grift from others.

Somehow they're incapable or just plain incompetent to create policies that actually help the people, despite all their bs claims of closing the gap, equality etc.
Posted by Armchair Critic, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 10:32:51 AM
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The truth is their is no equality, and wealthy society thrives from it.
It owes its very existence to it.

If you help yourself, save, buy a home etc. the government sees you as someone who they can take more from, to give to others who didn't help themselves.

And for this, they take a small piece for themselves, become enriched on those less fortunate, or less willing or able to help themselves.

If you want a good life, you'll have to pay government their dues, with a component going to those who didn't help themselves at all.
Posted by Armchair Critic, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 10:35:48 AM
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