Scotty T
Walks the walk
It's like you truly believe trickle down is a thing and we should be thankful that the companies are here, and because they employ people who pay tax they are funding for the NDIS. That's not an extreme example, it's a fantasy.less funding for services from less taxable employees and any tax the company or its subsidiaries may have been paying. Higher unemployment with higher welfare costs. You say "fuck off", but what happens if you have a family member that needs NDIS and that the first thing that gets cut, or you lose your job and cant get by for a short time on the lower welfare and cant access mental health services because they were cut too? extreme examples but its not simple. I think if the answer was simple, these issues wouldn't exist as they do.
Any goverment with the balls to tax these companies fairly would not cut things like welfare and NDIS, it's more likely things like negative gearing and fossil fuel subsidies and tax breaks for the wealthy that would be cut.
Like @Litenbror said if the big offshore copmanies go, Twiggy will just take all the iron ore and turn the profits into clean hydrogen and we're all saved
None of them are doing it out of the goodness of their hearts, there's money to be made. They will make the money, and they will continue to minimise their taxes, all the while seeming more altruistic than they are. Sure, some good things are happening and some billionaires are dedicated to giving most of it away, but some of them are flying penis rockets for their ultra rich friends and nearly all of them have some record of exploiting people for profits.I don't think its obscene that people are billionaires. what they do with their wealth is relevant. Space travel, sanitation in third world, water, energy projects. Just take a look at what some of the billionaires are doing. Shit our government wont. celebrate some of them.