okwithmydecay@leminal.space to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 23 hours agoHow Australian housing became a generational budget battlegroundwww.sbs.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
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minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·17 hours agoIt also coincided with a bunch of pension changes that made using property investment to support yourself in your old age a sensible choice. And so fucked us all.
minus-squareG_M0N3Y_2503@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoYeah, so makes sense that they had to grandfather it. I’m not into fucking old people either 😜
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 hours agoNah fuckem. At this point the boomers could sell up their investment properties and absolutely have more money than they’d spend for the rest of their lives. Tax the shit out of anything past PPR.
It also coincided with a bunch of pension changes that made using property investment to support yourself in your old age a sensible choice.
And so fucked us all.
Yeah, so makes sense that they had to grandfather it. I’m not into fucking old people either 😜
Nah fuckem. At this point the boomers could sell up their investment properties and absolutely have more money than they’d spend for the rest of their lives. Tax the shit out of anything past PPR.