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When I read this as an Australian tax payer, it frustrates me, I feel like my tax money is directed into paying peoples wages doing pointless jobs. Going into

When I read this as an Australian tax payer, it frustrates me, I feel like my tax money is directed into paying peoples wages doing pointless jobs. Going into supporting systems and paying for things like NDIS which are frequently fraudulent. How much of these positions and payments are needed I can't say. There has been times in the past where I was unable to get any assistance when I needed it badly, only to be hit with additional tax payments to pay when I had no money to give. I am working my proverbial arse off, living frugally, not getting into trouble in a private sector role to get ahead, paying huge tax like a chump, getting zero financial assistance. Its days like this when I feel like I too should just scheme the system and not work, it sure would be less stressful and less work. Maybe this article was designed to incite these exact feelings, if they did, well mission accomplished.

SturgeonsLaw 1y ago
> Maybe this article was designed to incite these exact feelings It's the AFR, that's exactly the purpose of the article. All we need is some union-bashing, praise for return to the office and clumsy attempts to frame Labor's overwhelming electoral success as weakness and we'd have hit AFR bingo.
- anenefan 1y ago
  You've hit the nail on the head. The article is disingenuous in entirety. Nearly every business in Australia that registers for GST and has eligible fuel expenses they can claim, receives a govt subsidy - so technically, that is what would account for most of the 50% of voters that rely ... eh ... I wish I could think of a funny smart-arsed way to use the term rely in an equally most overly generous but technically right manner.