Longmactoppedup

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[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's not about blaming the immigrants themselves, it's the rate at which the government has chosen to bring them in. We can't build housing at anywhere near that rate to accommodate them.

All that happens is those at the bottom end of the socioeconomic spectrum end up not being able to get a rental and living in their car or a tent.

Those in the next few rungs up end up with reduced standard of living also. Meanwhile the 1% laugh at us losers calling each other names and squabbling amongst ourselves instead of pointing the pitchforks at those who orchestrate it.

[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We have been in a per capita recession for ages. The govt avoids a technical recession with mass immigration.

Think of "the economy" as "rich people's yachts" next time you hear a politician or bobble headed reporter talking about something (like immigration) being good for the economy.

[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Can't quite remember. I seem to recall WFH becoming important, and not being able to travel interstate or overseas easily. Also house prices dipped for a bit until the govt over corrected with a shower of money.

What was it that caused all that again?

[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also an old run down house, in 2014 at the peak of the market. Barely managed to refinance a few years later without getting nailed with LMI because the property value had dropped so much. It's really only returned to what I paid for it recently. While I empathise with people who want the real estate market to crash, realise that the people who get fucked in that scenario are those on the bottom rung of the ladder. Not the people sitting up the top.

What I want is probably impossible: static real estate prices and rising wages.

Still if I had done it differently, say bought a newer place and further out, I'd probably have cursed my commute every day instead.

[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago (9 children)

That period during 2020 was the first time in ages I'd felt positive about the economy. Due to the immigration tap being turned off demand in my industry increased and pay and conditions got better.

After Labor decided to open the immigration flood gates, the shoe is obviously on the other foot again as far as employer vs employee relationships go. Pay has flat lined and conditions like WFH are getting wound back. Thank you Labor for living up to your liberal lite™ tag.

[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Is safe work Australia asleep at the wheel on air quality standards? Or are they gimped by our fossil fuel sponsored politicians I wonder.

[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago

The coalition will need to improve their double speak if they are to appeal to both the working class outer suburbanites and their elite business lobby donors. The two groups have polar opposite political wants.

For at least the past 40 years the coalition have waged a vicious class war against anyone not in the top percentiles of wealth. I doubt they are seriously considering changing course there.

[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 7 points 2 years ago

Now we have colour in the form of RGB LEDs in everything instead.

[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 15 points 2 years ago

Also to be fair, we in Australia are far from being some car free utopia either.

We have heaps of car dependant urban sprawl in our major cities where the vast majority of us live. We are also adding more of this sprawl all the time.

On the plus side most of our state capital cities have got decent heavy rail networks which you can park at stations and ride.

[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think that's fairly common for older places.

My experience is similar. Some things were overlooked when we bought. Others just were up for fixing after a few years.

Finding a decent plumber has proved difficult. I've at least found good AC and electrical trades.

[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 14 points 2 years ago

Maybe an attempt to push more people to their app? Then they can harvest more user data which investors value.

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