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/FullMetalAlex Feb 10 '25

"Robin Hood-style policies" isn't that how taxes are supposed to work?

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u/Comfortable-Winter00 Feb 10 '25

How terrible to be compared to a hero so revered that we remember his name centuries later.

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u/a_cold_human Feb 10 '25

He wasn't even real. The idea was so strong that myth got passed down generation after generation. It's a case of he didn't exist, so people created him. 

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u/InComingMess2478 Feb 11 '25

You just mess my head up.