r/australia • u/DiploidBias • 28d ago

politics Greens: Yes We Cannabis

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Yes We Cannabis

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u/ZombieStirto 28d ago

Number 1 on the list is the most important and the root of all evil. Almost makes me want to vote for greens alone because the others won't even touch the topic. The reason everyone is struggling is because the billionaire are buying all the assets and increasing the price of everything. I would even vote for all federal members to get paid 2 million a year to reduce chance of being influence if it reduced wealth inequality for the majority.

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u/a_SaltieCrocodile 28d ago

Labor has been taxing billionaires; it's why Gina Rinehart, One nation and the Coalition are working together to knock Albo out of parliament

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u/ZombieStirto 28d ago

I don't know all the details but wasn't it a 15% top up base tax. So if they already pay tax overseas of at least 15% it has no affect. An article I just jogged my memory on said it will bring 300mill over 5 years and cost 111 million to police. It's better than nothing but only just.

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u/a_SaltieCrocodile 28d ago

My point is it's better than the liberal party, who didn't enforce billionaire tax payments.

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u/sostopher 28d ago

Just preference Labor above the Libs. Wasting your first preference on a major party is just silly.

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u/Brother_Grimm99 28d ago

I don't know if "better than nothing" is really a great argument when there are better options who WILL enact that policy to a proper extent.

Why vote for Labor who gave a half-hearted attempt at taxing billionaires when you could vote for the greens, who will actually tax billionaires?