bugger you al

It's down to estate agents, the reserve bank, builders and blind sheepism if you ask me. I'm looking forward to the action!

Stop ya whinging ya poofs! You are all earning more, paying less interest & paying less tax than EVER before - it could be worse - Labor could be in charge of the Federal economy!!

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Possibly the most under-driven Evo X in the world??

You're thinking right there - alot of people are paying the bare minumum and thinking they are paying the house off. Mine is at just under 1K atm and im paying couple hundred over per month - it takes ages tho to even get 1K off the whole loan - 5 months actually LOL.

House prices are just as inflated as fuel prices.. and governments are the only beneficiaries of these increases... next thing you know, if someone farts its gonna increase the fuel prices because of the global warming haha

And as long as people continue to want 'a slice of the pie' its not going south any time soon Geoffa. Shares and such fluxuate readily but values of bricks and mortar are still the backbone of any sound portfolio.

Deficit here we come!

Paying less tax? Dude, are you fuckin' stoned? Seriously.

I pay tax when I make money, I pay tax when I spend money, I pay tax on savings, I pay tax on superannuation. We get the living shit taxed out of us.

Evil, in relative terms you are paying less tax now than you did before. In absolute terms, yes you are getting raped by the tax man.

It's a scary thing mate. When you look at the paperwork, let's say I paid my mortgage off at the bare minimum. Even if there were no interest rate increases, ever, I'd still be paying off a loan for 25 years. I'm only 25 now! On top of that, I will have forked out nearly half a million bucks, most of it in interest.

It's this culture of debt. People seem to think it's A-OK to have money hanging over their heads, as long as they make the minimum repayments. Can't they see they'll never end up ahead that way?

The way things are going, I'd love to buy an EVO next year, but I might just stick with my old Pulsar and do some more cheapish mods to that for fun. I'd rather have a $30k chunk of my house paid off than a depreciating $30k car parked in the carport.


Relative, shmelative sir. I want to pay less fuckin' tax, or at least see some benefits for this country as a result of the taxes I'm paying.

Right now I get neither of those things.

Too True... BUT - did you know that for example in Japan they only pay 10% tax? Australia IS the highest TAXING country in the World!