a1studmuffin@aussie.zone to AusFinance@aussie.zoneEnglish · 1 year agoPrime minister spruiks large budget surplus as Australian households battle cost-of-living crisiswww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkPrime minister spruiks large budget surplus as Australian households battle cost-of-living crisiswww.abc.net.aua1studmuffin@aussie.zone to AusFinance@aussie.zoneEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareSal@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoUgh I absolutely hate how media have swallowed the lie that budget surpluses are anything other than pure misapplication of public funds. Like… why brag that they’ve taken all this tax from us and they’re not spending it when us citizens are going through hard times?
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agolegit, a nation that boasts a surplus when any of its citizens live in penury is a failed fuckin’ state.
Ugh I absolutely hate how media have swallowed the lie that budget surpluses are anything other than pure misapplication of public funds.
Like… why brag that they’ve taken all this tax from us and they’re not spending it when us citizens are going through hard times?
legit, a nation that boasts a surplus when any of its citizens live in penury is a failed fuckin’ state.