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The interest is the price of the risk.

It’s not about “believing” which way it’s going to go, it’s whether or not you want to be paid to accept that risk.

I disagree.

There’s a difference between a meme and presenting a doctored image as legit

I’m grateful for modern medicine.

I had a heart attack 2 years ago at 41. I’m not obese, and I’m reasonably fit and active, I just made some poor decisions and lost the genetic lottery.

I got a re-sleeve and aparently my ticker is tip top again. I didn’t even need “surgery”. They just ran their magical fixerupper up my vein from my wrist.

Not very long ago I would just be fucked up for the very brief rest of my life.

Me too!

I’ve been wading through a swamp of misery lately - just a lot of pressure from work.

Every morning I try to think of 5 things that I’m grateful for, or to look forward to.

My kids are always high on that list because exactly as you said, they make it all mean something.

I love my ebike.

I’ve been big into bikes forever, but the ebike just makes it super convenient to bike to work.

arguing that Moscow’s actions were undermining Trump’s credibility as a negotiator.

This is how you manipulate a child.

It’s a complex problem with no easy answers.

The tax benefits are what has made property a wealth creation scheme, so the problem will only get worse until that’s addressed. Generous CGT exemptions, and negative gearing.

Sadly Shorten demonstrated how little appetite Australians have for addressing that.

The liberal policy of tax deductible interest, and the Labor policy of a 5% deposit, will only make the problem worse with increased demand.

If a majority of Australians wanted to address this (they dont) then IMO the solution is land tax. Land tax on all properties with an exemption for your home, and Australian owned farm land.

Then use the revenue from this for social housing. Build low cost housing, allow tenants to have some kind of rent-to-buy scheme.

This way you’re making it less appealing to invest in property, and you’re presenting more affordable options, both of which will rationalise pricing over the coming decades.

In west aus at least professionals are getting paid way above the award. My consultancy is paying about 25% over the award to attract good candidates.

Truck drivers hauling grain are earning $50 an hour plus super, where that was $30 an hour in 2019.

These numbers aren’t “stagnant wages”.

We’re so far beyond this type of thing being relevant.

I don’t think even an avid Trump supporter would genuinely think that he doesn’t lie all the time.

He just says whatever he wants.

edit: ok I watched the video. He’s not lying. He really believes the letters and numbers are tattoos.

Fair enough. That is a larger portion than I had realised. During the campaign I def thought that any Trump voter who wasn’t a wealthy white male was voting against their interests.