David Ryder
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Spot on Jan.
David RyderParticipantI intend to leave my kids my possessions including the house. As to money well there may or may not be much of that. I don’t have a plan.
David RyderParticipantNo, but they don’t seem to be working. The two vape shops in the town where I live continue to do a roaring trade with teenagers as the biggest customers. The shelves are fully stocked.
My daughter tells me that at least half the kids at her high school vape and the vapes get handed around.
So there is no point to this article.
David RyderParticipantI would begin fixing the structural deficit in the budget. First things to do would be restrict negative gearing to new builds and crack down on multinational tax avoidance.
Next would be a crack down on overservicing and fraud in the medical professions and the NDIS.
On the spending side no cash handouts but get dentistry onto Medicare and remove or lower interest charged on HECS debts.
David RyderParticipantAll savage dogs need putting down. They are a menace to the community.
David RyderParticipant1) Reduce immigration.
2) Restrict negative gearing to new builds only.
3) Remove or reduce the capital gains tax concession.
4) Foreigners not to own Australian real estate.
5) Train more skilled construction workers.
6) Build more public housing.David RyderParticipantWhile governments are good at wasteful spending another reason for the slow progress might be a lack of skilled workers and materials. There are big shortages of both in Australia.
David RyderParticipantThe BOM get it right more than they get it wrong but sometimes they get it spectacularly wrong like forecasting a poor wet season for 2023/24.
David RyderParticipantOnly an egotistical moron would fall for the sovereign citizen rubbish that makes them believe they are special.
9 April 2024 at 8:47 am in reply to: Where does Australia rank among the world’s most promiscuous countries? #1830485David RyderParticipantI would not trust the accuracy of those figures. Not saying they are wrong but how on Earth were they collected? Could only be by asking people and getting honest answers which I doubt would happen.
David RyderParticipantThe entire bill is way beyond what most of us could afford to pay for a meal.
David RyderParticipantNobody I know wants to live anywhere near a nuclear reactor and neither do I.
They are uneconomic and very expensive to construct as this article points out.
There is also the highly toxic waste to dispose of.
I don’t know why the Coalition has taken up this silly, vote losing policy idea.David RyderParticipantMy wife is Filipino and she and her friends get all their dental work done on visits back home.
The service and materials are the same as in Australia, the care is good, the surgeries they use are modern and up to date.
The cost is around 80% less than you pay for the same treatment here. eg a procedure such as a filling costs around $200 in Australia and around $40 there.David RyderParticipantIt’s tricky because not all private schools are wealthy. The Catholic sector operate a private system with often low fees which are affordable for the people wanting to use them.
Maybe the solution to the inequity is a needs based system, basically with means testing as with pensions.
Meaning full payments to government schools and means tested payments to private schools resulting in the low fee private schools retaining full payments and the high fee ones receiving less.David RyderParticipant1kg Smitten cat food went from $3 to $5 in three months.
24 January 2024 at 10:53 am in reply to: Should wealthy investors be allowed into Australia? #1825082David RyderParticipantAbout time this LNP rort for their wealthy foreign donors was stopped.
Citizenship should never be for sale.22 January 2024 at 9:03 am in reply to: Want to learn how to grow dope? There’s a course for that #1824703David RyderParticipantThe site worked. I am not a cannabis user but am glad to see this happening as some people seem to benefit from its use.
22 January 2024 at 9:01 am in reply to: Want to learn how to grow dope? There’s a course for that #1824702David RyderParticipantHave not been able to post here for two weeks. This is a test to see if the site has been fixed.
David RyderParticipantSelf service checkouts are fine if you only have a few items.
But we usually have a large family shop and I use the serviced checkout where sometimes the operator even packs my bags.
Usually have a friendly chat too so prefer a serviced checkout.
IMO the big increase in shoplifting is due to self checkouts.20 December 2023 at 8:43 am in reply to: Would these new laws make you want to build a granny flat? #1823217David RyderParticipantI am sure it will change many peoples minds about building a granny flat. A shame it is only in Victoria. Australia is way over regulated in just about everything.
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