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by illumen 3706 days ago
You could make an electric cargo trike for every single person in the country, plus have some money left over. Some of that left over money could go into building bike paths.

What an amazing country where every single person would have free transport.

Less people would be dying because of obesity, and air pollution. Two of the biggest killers. Actual things that are killing Australians right now. Not imaginary ones.

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As a cyclist I'd love to see that business in SA too. I don't see why a government should build that business though, but I accept the argument that the government should be responsible for defense.

Additionally I think submarines aren't a terrible thing to spend money on for a country like Australia.

So you don't believe Australia should have any form of maritime defense or offense force?

Air pollution is the least of anyone's concern in Australia. Life expectancy is amongst the highest in the world.