Sure, I would love a great transport system in Australia ... and a unicorn. How much money do you think it would cost the government to construct a transport system in Australia that matches Japan's ? I am always interested to hear such cries as the source of such funds needs to be taxation... who do you propose to extract the money from ?
Forget about how much it would cost in monetary terms, the vision, drive and sacrifice do not exist in Australia. There are train lines and highways in Japan that are little more than economic black holes. They exist for a function and are a cost sunk into the semi-privatized system.
Well, for starters, these are empty houses, so the renters will not be affected if the tax benefit of having an empty house on land is altered.
The Tokyo housing market has been booming for a while, yet population there is not matching the rise, and it seems empty dwellings exist there for similar reasons.
Sure, I would love a great transport system in Australia ... and a unicorn. How much money do you think it would cost the government to construct a transport system in Australia that matches Japan's ? I am always interested to hear such cries as the source of such funds needs to be taxation... who do you propose to extract the money from ?
Not going to work in a nation that is expanding it's population, and that policy won't change in our lifetime no matter which party is in power. It's a governments job to look after the people, not the other way around. Governments who enrage their constituents are soon voted out.
Who do you know that will vote for more taxes? No one would be the right answer.
All it takes is money to build a world class transport system. It simply has to happen, it's not a question of wanting one, it's a necessity that must be built soon. we don't need to raise taxation. Japan didn't.
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All it takes is money to build a world class transport system.
Not really. Colombo's metro system is better than Sydney's, and Sri Lanka would be considered a third world country.
Australian governments have spent more on metro transport per capita than their Japanese counterparts ever did.
It's not about money, but getting value for money. For that you need competence, in planning and execution, and low levels of corruption. We don't have either of those.
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Not really. Colombo's metro system is better than Sydney's, and Sri Lanka would be considered a third world country.
Australian governments have spent more on metro transport per capita than their Japanese counterparts ever did.
It's not about money, but getting value for money. For that you need competence, in planning and execution, and low levels of corruption. We don't have either of those.
Skill can be imported. That's not an obstacle.
Only the will is missing, but we won't achieve efficiency as a nation if we don't have efficient transport including moving our workforce around quickly. It's pretty basic isn't it.
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Only the will is missing, but we won't achieve efficiency as a nation if we don't have efficient transport including moving our workforce around quickly. It's pretty basic isn't it.
moving our workforce is just one (important) factor to achieve efficiency... another is to lower the wages of most of the workforce enough to compete against the new "flat" world... then, to lower the living standards of most of the workforce to do the same... don't forget extending the working hours to match the longer working hours elsewhere in the world, and reducing pensions for the elderly or disabled.
Only then, can we boast that we are efficient enough to truly compete in the world, sadly, along with that boast comes a pretty shitty society.
"The truth is that there are no good men, or bad men. It is the deeds that have goodness or badness in them. There are good deeds, and bad deeds. Men are just men."
moving our workforce is just one (important) factor to achieve efficiency... another is to lower the wages of most of the workforce enough to compete against the new "flat" world... then, to lower the living standards of most of the workforce to do the same... don't forget extending the working hours to match the longer working hours elsewhere in the world, and reducing pensions for the elderly or disabled.
Only then, can we boast that we are efficient enough to truly compete in the world, sadly, along with that boast comes a pretty shitty society.
I cannot tell you how repulsive I find that idea. You are completely confused.
Our exchange rate covers that. You really need to get yourself up to speed and leave these luddite notions behind. I'm actually not meaning to offend you, but that idea really is repulsive in a world where so many at the low income end have been left behind in their share of income distribution. It's far right thinking at it's worst. As a nation we don't lift our standard of living by paying ourselves less. Think about it.
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