Let’s have a bit of a laugh now in case the PM’s talk tonight is not funny. Enjoy the cartoon!

  • budget_biochemist@slrpnk.net
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    8 days ago

    As I said, I reckon the best thing the govt can do for everyone including those at the bottom of the economic hierarchy is to put some pressure on those countries receiving our LNG to reciprocate.

    Why not limit the most excessive uses of fuel? Private jets should be restricted so more fuel is reserved for essential trips. Combustion car races, use of yachts etc could be suspended until they replace with electric or the crisis is over.

    I would prefer to see fuel rationed for the most important uses rather than the government cut tax on it to make it cheaper for the most wasteful people to use it all up.

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      8 days ago

      I guess this is the criticism and conjecture that strengthens democracy.

      As i said, these types of actions guarantee a recession.

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        7 days ago

        Telling rich people they can’t waste fuel on their own jets and have to travel on a commercial airliner would guarantee a recession?

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          7 days ago

          Yes, absolutely.

          Sentiment is everything. If you signal to people that they should be worried, discretionary spending shrivels up.