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“You simply can’t achieve something like that by accident. Reckless indifference, perhaps. Wilful acts of bastardry, more likely. Accident, no,” he said.
Henry, who called for personal income tax rates to move with inflation, said not only were young people being hurt by increasingly high average tax rates, other policy areas were stacked against them.
“Young workers are also being denied a reasonable prospect of homeownership,” he said.
“They are burdened by the punishing costs of securing a tertiary education.
“And it is they who will have to bear the multiple burdens of catastrophic environmental destruction.”
As an older Gen X, I agree.
In my defence, I voted Independent for the first 20 years and have only Voted Green for the last 20 and I have never voted for any politicians who has ever won either at a local, state, or federal election.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Build union power, specifically rank and file power
eureka@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Yep.
You should vote, but your vote is statistically near-worthless. You have political power far beyond your vote, especially for people working useful jobs. Unions and their members have the ability to pressure governments into doing the right thing by us rather than the bosses. Weak unions mean weak rights.
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
Even people who don’t really have a Union, there are lots of other community groups that can be joined or created.
Something overlooked far too often though is just the fact of joining a political party itself. Helping to change and shape its direction from the inside.