Fat is a type of crazy

They'd been making that claim about eating cats and dogs claim for some time. Can you not see it is a highly controversial claim about the behaviour of a certain sector of the community that can be highly damaging for them - in relation to which the moderators might want to be prepared. They were and they added the facts of the case.

For a start Australia would not welcome a new tariff on their exports nor a President who doesn't seem keen to stand up for what's right in many cases - in terms of Australia's positions - on the world stage.

He really blew it - gave the thing the night show hosts etc were looking for - some criticise the fact checking but they were no doubt ready for that particular controversial and spurious claim.

I concur that she was a bit too vague sometimes but Trump is extremely poor in that area . His recent childcare answer - his concept of a plan on health care after 8 years - his recent discussions about Ukraine - lets be honest he rarely talks policy in any sensible and meaningful way.

I think most understand Vice President is nowhere near the same as President. It's tricky for her to seem loyal to Biden but show a different path.

You can put the scared schtick to rest. She was poised and ready for him.

Don't be sad. You've got the hulkster.

Riot. Insurrection. Happened on a particular day. Trump watched on. Appalling crazy behaviour that was never going to lead to something substantial. Everyone agreed how appalling it was - even Fox News - until they all realised how deplorable and or weak minded many of his supporters actually are and they all got back on the Trump bus and here we are.

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I always ignore these type of posts but what a crock. What was Trump doing when all the violence was playing out - you know - when the thugs were running through the building. Show me where there is any sort of equivalence between Hillary conceding - maybe making the odd caustic comment but not saying he didn't get the votes - and Trumps boring tedious ridiculous constant calls that it was rigged. Come on Frank no 83628 you can do better.

You have to be careful how you are interpreting that. It's not the way they work. This may help a bit - posted it 10 pages back. See Dinga's post - a few months old looking at aspects of tax in Thailand for Australians. https://aseannow.com/topic/1306896-thai-government-to-tax-remitted-income-from-abroad-for-tax-residents-starting-2024/page/282/

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One can consider that if you make many anti democrat posts - but seems to make few anti Republican posts - you might have a preference for Trump as president - even if it is because you hate his opposition more as you think they are super corrupt or something . Yes I know you called him an orange monkey once back in the day.

Agreed. It would surely be bizarre to have to pay tax in Thailand on hard earned super payments that are tax free in Australia. Because a big chunk of mine is specifically excluded in the double tax agreement I might be in a position to simply simply leave it out. Who knows how it would work. Field day for tax accountants.

I don't get your first point that you have said a few times. I mean the virus itself did not cause inflation but the effects came direct from covid. I do not profess to be able to pick the sweet spot of a tax increase. I imagine you are the same. Trump has reduced it to 21 and now wants to go to 15. That's a massive drop from 35 in 2016. You may be a fervent advocate for trickle down economics where low taxes benefit the rich and it flows to all but - while high taxes can be a huge drag - studies show many times that it often doesn't trickle far from the rich. Lowering taxes in Kansas is one example where reducing taxes did not lead to good outcomes for the community as expected. This was a big deal at the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_experiment Your argument that taxes should not be raised because prices will go up is a bit tenuous as noted and there are of course many benefits. You are right that it is hard to get ahead of the tax loophole experts. You can say it's all too hard or look to get a smart well trained tax office. Pay well for well trained experts. I recall Trump gutting the tax office and he appears to have further plans to upend the public service. If he is linked to Project 2025 - which he denies - then they want to make high level government workers to pledge allegiance to the leader - forget experts they want Trump toadies.

As others point out and I note those supply side issues etc came directly from covid. Letting parts of the Trump tax cuts expire for individuals - and removing loopholes - can mean high wealth individuals pay a fairer PERCENTAGE of tax. This could dampen inflation due to decreased demand. Increases to corporate rates may or may not affect inflation - it could dampen the economy a bit - if sellers of goods and services attempt to pass the burden to consumers it could increase prices but the market will sort that out. There are many benefits of course of higher taxes in the government coffers - to pay down debt and provide services most need and expect - that in my opinion still wouldn't be that high to dampen industriousness or investment.

To be a bit clearer for the few who care PARTS of government employee pensions are taxable to which an offset applies.

How about there are multiple reasons. Supply chain issues etc etc, Trump massive spending in covid relief, Biden a contributing factor by spending too much when it could be argued it looked the economy needed help post covid. In terms of why it is still high - the reason inflation is reviled is its hard to stop once it starts without killing the economy. After spending a bit much as a contributing factor I think Biden has done well. I could talk about Trump's policies - tariffs - his and associates comments about potentially having more control over interest rate policy - and the likely effect on future inflation - but been there done that.

Interesting post. I think some things though are different to what you say based on what I have picked up here and there. Happy to be corrected if there is new information Super for most employees when taken on retirement is tax free in Australia as you say. You can put this type of super in an annuity - subject to limits - and pay no tax on the income. Government employee pensions e.g. defined benefit schemes - are not tax free in Australia but have a tax offset - when I retire I am in this category . The old age government pensions is taxable in Australia. Most don't pay tax as offsets mean no tax is payable. For the double tax agreement it appears there is a specific exclusion for government employee pensions but not for other forms of superannuation or the age pension. There is a video on aspects of this in Dinga's post. https://aseannow.com/topic/1306896-thai-government-to-tax-remitted-income-from-abroad-for-tax-residents-starting-2024/page/282/

Fair enough thanks. Seems like since then blacks have gone up further still - some have reduced a bit and some including whites reduced quite a bit. Wages have clearly increased for all so I suppose it then depends who and what was the main cause of inflation . The fact that it was a worldwide phenomenon - in most developed economies at least - suggests covid and the after effects of covid played a key role.

A key reason if true was that towards the end he doled out covid funds to all and sundry. Both sides would've done it no doubt but the doling out of those funds was a highly inefficient and poorly run process resulting in huge fraud and ongoing effects for inflation and debt. There may be some voters who remember the good old days of free money when they vote - but hopefully they know that it had deleterious run on effects.

Did you read the story and take in the contents before posting? I think not.

Hope you guys don't cross each other. Could be a nasty pen fight.

This page has a calculator - add in if single or partnered, homeowner, fortnightly income and other assets. The figure includes supplements which you likely have to deduct. https://www.noelwhittaker.com.au/calculators/age-pension-calculator/

Don't be too hard on the relationship. Maybe it became like that at the three year mark when it had run it's course after 3 good years. Not sure how her checking up on you all the time is consistent with her not caring and simply wanting dollars.