That’s just a stupid comment. You could take the 1 trillion dollars it would cost the Australia government and spend it on any number of things to make ownership easier.
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ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
So people remain excluded from property ownership, but hey, at least the economy will be ok
quicken@aussie.zone 4 months ago
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
You could take the 1 trillion dollars it would cost the Australia government and spend it on any number of things to make ownership easier.
That’s true. The issue is, they’re not going going to do any of those ideas…
So people who can’t enter the housing market remain fucked over, because the imperfect ideas that might actually get off the ground get set aside in favour of better ideas that will never see the light of day.
Tenniswaffles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t the economy going to even more shit than it is be worse for property ownership?
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Sorry, I was being a bit tongue in cheek there. The economy will continue to be shit for people who struggle to afford home ownership whether or not they can use superannuation to help get their foot in the door.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 4 months ago
I think the point is if you are trying to fix housing early withdrawal of super is not the answer for all the reasons given.
There are other solutions and it would take multiple policies working in tandom.
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Sure, but by the time those solutions are in place, another generation of people will have been denied the chance own property
The answer is short term relief combined with long term change. Denial of short term relief because of hypothetical long term strategies that aren’t going to be implemented helps no one.