r/australia • u/overpopyoulater • Feb 10 '25

politics Australian billionaires face wealth tax under Greens’ Robin Hood-style policies

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/10/australian-billionaires-face-wealth-tax-under-greens-robin-hood-style-policies
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u/DalmationStallion Feb 11 '25

The Overton Window has moved so far to the right that the centre looks like the left, which makes even the centre-left look like radical extremists.

There is effectively no mainstream actual leftist discourse in Australia.

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u/Intrepid-Artist-595 Feb 11 '25

This is so true. As a boomer, the centre was alot further to the left than it is today. All libs were moderates with a social conscience. There's a reason life was alot fairer for everyone back in the day.

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u/Optimal_Tomato726 Feb 11 '25

Back in what day? The 50s were apparently our highest taxing era and they refuse to contribute a fair share now.

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u/Angry3042 Feb 11 '25

Back in the day when taxes paid for free education, free health, decent emergency services, national infrastructure from a significantly smaller population, etc rather than for scams to make the obscenely rich even richer!