DavidDoesLemmy
@DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone
- Comment on Victorians could soon have the right to work from home two days a week under Australian-first laws 3 days ago:
As a full time WFH employee, I don’t know about this. I think it makes sense for some jobs, but having it as legislation seems weird. Some people like working in the office and want to work at a company with an in office culture.
- Comment on The biggest voices need to admit Australia is a low-taxing nation before joining the economic reform conversation 1 week ago:
Yes, I understand. My comment was about marginal tax rate. It is true that marginal tax rate can go up to 58%
- Comment on The biggest voices need to admit Australia is a low-taxing nation before joining the economic reform conversation 1 week ago:
You’re confusing effective tax rate with marginal tax rate.
- Comment on The biggest voices need to admit Australia is a low-taxing nation before joining the economic reform conversation 2 weeks ago:
Marginal tax rate is the tax rate you pay on each additional dollar earnt. The fact that the Australian government hides some of the taxes doesn’t mean you don’t pay them or that they’re not part of the marginal tax rate.
- Comment on The biggest voices need to admit Australia is a low-taxing nation before joining the economic reform conversation 2 weeks ago:
Oh sorry. Compared to USA at least. The top tax bracket starts much lower in Australia
- Comment on The biggest voices need to admit Australia is a low-taxing nation before joining the economic reform conversation 2 weeks ago:
Australia.
- Comment on The biggest voices need to admit Australia is a low-taxing nation before joining the economic reform conversation 2 weeks ago:
58.57% tax rate per my calculations. That’s not including GST.
- Comment on The biggest voices need to admit Australia is a low-taxing nation before joining the economic reform conversation 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on The biggest voices need to admit Australia is a low-taxing nation before joining the economic reform conversation 2 weeks ago:
45% income tax, plus 2% Medicare levy, plus the incremental tax added as you move from no div 293 to full div 293. Plus you’re paying 10% GST on the things you buy. When you add all these together, earning an extra $100 can net you less than $50. You can see it when you play around with paycalculator.com.au
- Comment on The biggest voices need to admit Australia is a low-taxing nation before joining the economic reform conversation 2 weeks ago:
The highest marginal tax rate for income earners is over 50%. And it takes effect at much lower incomes than other comparable countries.
Increasing the GST would cause double taxation, as people who earnt money at a higher income tax rate then spend that money at a time when there’s a higher consumption tax.
- Comment on Additional 800 children to be tested for STIs as police investigate accused Melbourne childcare paedophile 2 weeks ago:
True, but from his alleged preferences, I’m not sure where he would catch anything from.
- Comment on Driver who killed a father and injured his 6 year old son sent 44 Snapchat messages while driving 100km/h before fatal crash 2 weeks ago:
You’re arguing against something I never said. I’m against the death penalty. I just don’t think taking someone’s licence necessarily solves the problem.
- Comment on Driver who killed a father and injured his 6 year old son sent 44 Snapchat messages while driving 100km/h before fatal crash 2 weeks ago:
Many criminals still drive even without a licence. Taking someone’s licence does not always solve the problem.
- Comment on Additional 800 children to be tested for STIs as police investigate accused Melbourne childcare paedophile 3 weeks ago:
Did this guy even have an sti? Wouldn’t it be easier to test him first?
- Comment on Pensioner robbed of $1,338 is taking NAB to court for millions 3 weeks ago:
These people are willing participants in getting scammed (providing MFA codes etc), then they blame the bank. How about some personal responsibility Ian?
- Comment on Six men on the run after beating cyclist with baseball bats 3 weeks ago:
They’re a menace. Get them off our roads. Bloody utes.
- Comment on Misogyny is thriving in our schools. Why aren’t we doing more? 3 weeks ago:
I’m not doing more because I’m not in schools and I don’t interact with kids. This is a problem I have very little influence on.
- Comment on Misogyny is thriving in our schools. Why aren’t we doing more? 3 weeks ago:
If you don’t know how things are in Australia, why are you entering the discussion?
- Comment on Why are hotels in Australia so inexpensive compared to hotels in the USA and Canada? 4 weeks ago:
Yeah I was paying 300-400 usd for a hotel in San Francisco a couple of years ago! Crazy!
- Comment on Kanye West was denied entry to Australia after releasing antisemitic song 4 weeks ago:
Not true, Kanye’s back catalogue is amazing. Anything before Yeezus was gold. It’s been hit and miss since then.
- Comment on Kanye West was denied entry to Australia after releasing antisemitic song 5 weeks ago:
Completely separate from the anti-Semitism, the song itself is pretty awful. How can someone with so many bangers fall so far.
- Comment on Inquiry finds British committed genocide on Indigenous Australians 5 weeks ago:
As a long time greens voters, the greens do not have policies, they have ideas. As they know they’re not going to win, they don’t formulate any of their ideas and talking points as policies.
- Comment on I worked at an escort agency. This is how it changed my attitude to sex 5 weeks ago:
Only very backwards countries.
- Comment on Minimum wage, parental leave and road fines: what’s changing on 1 July 1 month ago:
Super changes!
- Comment on Apple to Australians: You’re Too Stupid to Choose Your Own Apps 1 month ago:
Not all Australians. Just those using iPhones.
- Comment on Only four of 20 popular sunscreens pass Choice's SPF testing 1 month ago:
It rubs in and becomes invisible.
- Comment on Only four of 20 popular sunscreens pass Choice's SPF testing 1 month ago:
They say the best sunscreen is the cheapest one, because people aren’t stingy when they apply it. Apply a thick layer, it helps.
- Comment on Wealthy Australians are worried we might realise how rigged the system is in their favour 1 month ago:
It’s tricky how we value things. That is the key determinate of wealth. In any given year, maybe 1 in 30 dwellings get sold. Yet we assume all other dwellings are priced the same as those.
- Comment on Australia’s bowel cancer rates are world’s highest for under-50s. Scientists wonder if the gut microbiome is to blame 2 months ago:
Sounds like a pain in the ass
- Comment on my kid is movin to AU 2 months ago:
Drop-bears are probably the biggest risk he’ll have to deal with. Tell him to be careful walking under any tree as you never know when they’ll attack.
