Phillip 🔰

@externallylaws Looks interesting, not exactly an end of the world I’ve considered travelling to. But then I’ve done the only overseas trip I expect I will do.

@_Parduss_ A little town in the Atacama Desert in Chile... gum trees everywhere has turned it into an oasis. Super safe spot and a lovely melting pot of people. 2400m altitude. The day before we were at 5000m in Bolivia behind that mountain range. Loved it.

Why is this year so awful? Nothing but dramas.

@externallylaws No idea what that is either way. :p

@_Parduss_ *San Pedro de Atacama - stupid Apple keyboard.

@externallylaws P.S that pig pic was from a “pig cafe” in Japan, I think I had somewhere near 10 of them on me at one point.

@_Parduss_ That's a good way to look at it; thank you. 🙏 Change is never easy.

@externallylaws Yup, occasional recharge is required. Whatever allows you to be in the moment, is my suggestion. If everything falls apart while you’re taking that time for yourself, it can be put back together once you’re back on the clock.

@_Parduss_ I don't drink these days. Although those five pisco sours and tequila shots in San Pedro se Atacama last November says otherwise. 😂 I think a day at the beach away from anyone remotely human is required.

@externallylaws Sounds like you need a night of drinking, listening to music, and partaking in your favourite hobby.

@_Parduss_ It's the dramas; every fortnight for the past eight weeks one of the immediate family has been hospitalised due to random illnesses - Mr 23 is the last man standing. And other stuff... would just be nice to have something positive happen. Ah well, onward and upward. 🫤

@CountDankulaTV Words like conservative, liberal, socialist, libertarian, are all kind of meaningless without a modifier (hell liberal and libertarian are interchangeable when you look into terminology seriously).

I want a new term to be invented that means "libertarian but has nothing to do with other libertarians".

Just checked in on how the American Libertarian Party is doing.

@Oneiorosgrip @GMShivers @moto_motes I’ve known a lot of pack rats from older generations, trying to fill the void in their lives with stuff.

@GMShivers @moto_motes I dunno. That's not how my parents did things. They would often hold off on buying stuff until it was on sale if a sale was predictable, but rarely bought stuff if they didn't already have a purpose in mind for it.

I'm not complaining about money I'm making fun of boomer thrift. Hope that helps.

@ianmiles “Your mother should have swallowed instead”

How do I tell someone on the internet they should find a rope and tie it around their neck without actually saying that? Asking for a friend.

@notPotus42 @GamingAndPandas Fair point, but the amount of wilful ignorance I’ve seen in my life, I’m sure that’s not the only scenario.

@_Parduss_ @GamingAndPandas Or don’t spend much time around old women and babies.

We all agree that the thing old ladies do where they sexualize baby boys is weird, right?

@GamingAndPandas I wonder how oblivious you have to be to not recognise what you are talking about.

For people asking for examples: "Oh he smiled at her! Isn't he a stud" type of stuff and it's about a three month old

@ForSureNotElon @CooKeMonter @clairlemon Uhuh, because we don’t want another Bhopal no better tax system…

@_Parduss_ @CooKeMonter @clairlemon Well, don’t be taxing my POOR land tax then

If Labor wanted to help young people, they would implement: - a land value tax to attack land speculation, - bracket indexation to stop inflation taxing wage growth, & - broaden the GST to fund the revenue gap. But they decided to go after young founders / investors instead.

@ForSureNotElon @CooKeMonter @clairlemon I don’t imagine that ever getting past any form of democratic process in a first world country. Mostly because companies can’t be trusted to keep the welfare of people in any regard. But commercial enterprises should be allowed anywhere.

@_Parduss_ @CooKeMonter @clairlemon Great. So I can build a factory in a residential area?

@CooKeMonter @clairlemon “Let’s not have a better tax system, because unless it’s less tax, I don’t care”

@_Parduss_ @clairlemon Everyone should be paying less taxes and the government should learn how to live within its means, lest the bond market reteach how to do so (which will be soon enough)

@ForSureNotElon @CooKeMonter @clairlemon Who said anything about limiting that? If you do any research into the proponents of LVT, most if not all are against zoning.

@_Parduss_ @CooKeMonter @clairlemon No it doesn’t. If I’m not free to maximise the use of my land, don’t be charging a land tax. It’s also state gov not fed

@LordRedfern @clairlemon You’re acting like greens voters don’t exist.

@_Parduss_ @clairlemon "Does this have any ROI?" "Does this benefit Australians?" "Does this weaken or strengthen the lot for Australians long term?" Its actually fucking simple, executives everywhere make these decisions constantly all day every day for shareholders

@LordRedfern @clairlemon Who becomes the sole arbiter of what is or is not nonsense?

@_Parduss_ @clairlemon No, we just stop spending on complete nonsense

@CooKeMonter @clairlemon So you prefer the government siphon off from the fruits of their labour

@_Parduss_ @clairlemon Most private land in Australia is freehold. Why should they have the scrawny hands of the government trying to squeeze them out of their property through taxes?

@CooKeMonter @clairlemon Actually it’s the opposite, a land value tax would encourage more development outside the major cities, because more businesses would seek to lower taxes.

@clairlemon This is dumb, Australia has enough land, we should be encouraging more land speculation and allow for more cities to be built outside the majors! We don't need more taxes and your policies will only make the government bigger than it already needs to be.

@LordRedfern @clairlemon And to cut income tax, you need to replace it with something, and a land value tax is the best option.

@clairlemon They would pause migration and cut income taxes. Thats it, thats all they need to do if they gave a shit