@rightwingprogre@TomEDewey1948 Real life isn't Victoria III. If prices increase from the exporter, then domestic industry will kick off or you'll buy from a different exporter.
@agrenderendo@DrewPavlou Whatever difference there may or may not be will be made apparent in university or the UCAT. There's virtually no difference between, say, a 98.5 and a 99, other than luck.
@Nbtoma A future made in Australia money should all be diverted to the military. We need 5% defence spending as a percentage of GDP for the next 10 years, then it can probably be cut.
@JohnD_CZ EU proves that eventually in the far future world peace is possible.
If Europe, a continent that has been at bloody war for its entire history, can come together for peace, everyone else can as well.
@rowanb3rries@cafreiman Sure, but in a market economy everyone has choice.
If you have the capacity to buy more TVs, you have the capacity to afford healthcare and education. You decided to spend on consumer electronics means you have enough resources to spare towards those wants, rather than needs.
@ausstockchick Just like how everyone supports both tax cuts and spending increases.
Australians support a fall in housing prices, they don't support a fall in their own house's value.
@rowanb3rries@cafreiman Ok? If a TV goes from 50% of a yearly budget to 5% that's still money saved that can be spent on other stuff. The Americans working class is so rich that essentially everyone has consumer electronics.
@scottythegoat@TMFScottP The thing is, we as a society or not gonna let 70 year olds starve to death because they didn't save for their retirement, even if it's entirely their fault.
That means being forced to save money is simply a tool to prevent future welfare usage.
The reconstruction of Ukraine should be facilitated through international financial institutions such as the European Investment Bank, International Monetary Fund, Blackrock, State Street and defence contractors from the US and the EU. Click the link in the comments to read more.
@cafreiman "Marxist-Leninist-Maoist" has to be larp, isn't their entire thing violent revolution and protracted people's war? Elections don't really fit into that agenda.