AMEN, Barefoot!

Barefoot,
 
I love your position on the tax cuts! I’m in the highest tax bracket, and you won’t catch me moaning about getting a bit less of a still giant tax cut when we are in a cost of living crisis that I am immune from due to my high income. For all of those complaining about providing a tiny tax cut to low income earners who desperately need it, I wish they would all pack up and move somewhere like Brazil – and sip cocktails while staring at the favelas and feeling better than everyone else. This isn’t the Government breaking promises, it’s the Government responding to an urgent situation affecting the most vulnerable in society.  
 
Linda
 
Hi Linda
 
You have to wonder if it was really that urgent, why did they spend months denying they’d change anything … only to turn around and fold like a cheap Aldi card table when the polls dipped?
 
That’s politics I guess.
 
Speaking of which, let’s spare a thought for poor old Treasurer Jim Chalmers.  He’s like me at 9pm on a school night – all he wants is for everyone to shut up and go to sleep. Yet, after Albo’s tax flip last week, some of his colleagues have gotten a bit hot and hairy and want Jim to put tax reform on the table.
 
Good idea. If the Government had the bolas, they could cut the capital gains discount and ditch negative gearing, which would mean that young first home buyers could finally compete on a level playing field with property investors.
 
Yeah, right. “If I hear another peep out of you lot, there will be no tuck shop tomorrow!”, yells a furious Jim Chalmers (who this week ruled both changes out).
 
Oh, and I agree with you on the favelas in Brazil. I visited one a few years ago, and as we walked up to the gates my guide motioned up to the hills – from the top of the hill I could see a gun was pointing at my head. The favelas are run by a ruthless bunch of overlords … kind of like the Government!
 
Anyway, thanks for the words of support, Linda. And, just for balance, here’s Mark, who thinks I’m a soggy sanger …