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Policy Spitball

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New account for decades old thoughts. Not all ideas are good, but all should be discussed.

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People seem to get really wound up about politics. Relax. Look at the policy, not politician. Vote for good policy. Mould your politician.

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Populism is democracy. Democracy: when ‘our side’ gets what it wants. Populism: when ‘the other side’ gets what it wants.

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Here is a blueprint on how to deflate the property bubble in Australia slowly, managing stakeholders on all sides: 1. 20 year phase-in of land taxes for stamp duty. 1:1 2. No exemptions for holiday homes 3. PPOR exemption for up to a max $1m of land 4. Farmland holdings must

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Non-residents should not be allowed to own residential property in Australia. In the absence of this, they should be charged stamp duty at 1000% plus an annual tax at 25% of the property value, on top of all other taxes. Adversarial state citizens should be banned altogether.

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This is a sign of mismanagement. Local MPs should not have to fight for upgrades to roads and become heroes for it. Every piece of infrastructure has a ‘best before’ date, whereupon an automatic scheduled upgrade or replacement should occur.

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Australia needs people this principled, this smart, and this courageous. Australia needs statesmen who love Australians more than any other people. This is low hanging fruit for any of the parties to grab.

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Who came up with these figures Channel9 ? Did you try for yourselves, or are you quoting some pasty ‘expert’ who never leaves their office to experience the real world? In Perth WA, it took us less than one day between first phone call and meeting a pediatrician. Next day!

Who came up with these figures <a href="/Channel9/">Channel9</a> ? Did you try for yourselves, or are you quoting some pasty ‘expert’ who never leaves their office to experience the real world? 

In Perth WA, it took us less than one day between first phone call and meeting a pediatrician. Next day!
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Most depression and anxiety is simply a ‘daily disconnected 45 minute stroll’ deficiency. The rest can be cured with shrooms. But that doesn’t sell SSRIs and billable hours with the shrink.

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When I first came to the U.S. to finish school, a professor told us to take an exam at home and simply said, “Don’t use Google or open your books.” As someone who grew up in the Middle East, I couldn’t believe it. What kind of society trusts people like that? But over time, I