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Daily Discussion Thread: 🕺Monday, August 12, 2024 (aussie.zone)

submitted 3 months ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

About 30% of my paid taxes goes to aged care.

My concern is more if THAT much is going into it why are some of them living in such squalor? I've 0 issue looking after the aged care, they should live like kings after paying taxes all their lives. But I have a massive issue with paying that much for what were getting. Imagine you spend 100k on a new BMW and the dealer delivers a MG and pockets the rest.

[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 6 points 3 months ago

The mixed model of private and public aged care has a lot of answer for.

[–] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Midsommar cult has the solution