Greens announce plan to wipe HECS debts and make university free

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• makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “The Greens have said they will wipe $81 billion in student debt — but how will they pay for it?”

  Well, how about a single mining company paying even a teeny bit of tax?

  Imagine that!

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  • brisk@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is even worse than when journalists normally ask this question. It’s a debt not a payment.

    They will pay for it by finding a $2 coin in the centre console of their government funded car to buy a biro to cross off the line item.

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    • brisk@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Fuck me, the “rhetorical” question in the lede is answered in the article, buried in the nteenth paragraph.

      The policy proposal falls under the Greens’ so-called ‘Robin Hood reforms’ and they have said they will pay for the plan by “taxing big corporations that are profiting off price gouging during a cost of living crisis”.

      This is borderline disinformation by the national broadcaster.

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• nonentity@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A society which charges students to acquire knowledge values neither.

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• joelfromaus@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  But then how would the established aristocracy elevate themselves above the common rabble to justify a company position that already has their name on it thanks to nepotism? Surely those poor nepobabies won’t have to compete with The Poors in the future! How unjust!

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• Gbagginsthe3rd@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Good we can get royalties from our gas exports to pay for it

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Great idea! But I see the greens have decided to run on more “Pie in the sky” bullshit policies. Dont get me wrong, im not dumping on trying to do the right thing which this arguably is. But its yet another promise thats virtually impossible to deliver on that makes people think twice about voting greens.

  Remember that time they were gonna make it so you could swim in the yarra river?

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  • zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why is it virtually impossible to deliver on? Higher education has been free in the past, right?

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    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      it has yeah. But is this something thats going to move the needle for the majority of voters? The only people who care about this are young people, or people with ethics. And hate to say it but thats a lot shorter list than the greens seam to think it is.

      They’ve gotta run a realistic platform, secure some more seats and deliver on some stuff. Bit like Trump coming out and saying “we are gonna make warp drive happen”. He knows he cant deliver. We know it too, and nothing in his past makes you think any different. Same deal with the greens here. over promise under deliver doesn’t work in politics.

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  • maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Dont get me wrong, im not dumping on trying to do the right thing …

    That’s exactly what you’re doing.

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  • kerr@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Agreed. They need to get back to reality if they want to pick up votes at the next election.

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  • Ilandar@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It continues their recent trend of being a party overwhelmingly focused on securing the votes of young people above all else.

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• eschertology@mastodon.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  @zero_gravitas Back the way Gough wanted it. Next up: Medicare (totally free, no copayments, free tests, but with optical and dental)

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