[BLKNSLVR]

You're breaking my heart.

To pay $89,000 in taxes you'd have to be earning in the range of $350k. Do you think you're hard done by? I'd be rather annoyed if you were eligible for family support allowance in that earning range? (partially because I'd be missing out on a decent chunk of government support myself)

What am I missing about your situation that makes it remotely sympathetic?

[tedk-42]

they are greedy and don't want to pay their fair share.

people that count their tax dollars are usually very selfish to begin with.

i generally think the gov can do better with how money is spent though.

[shell0x]

If you live in inner Sydney, the rent alone is $1350 pw and tax is ridiculous. I basically sold my stocks to have a down payment but then that got added on top of income. If i’d have stayed in HK, i’d have paid 0% for that.

I just treat it as paying for Australian citizenship to make me feel better and it still comes out cheaper than buying a Saint Kitts and Nevis passport. Australian passport also opens up the E3 visa to go to the USA

[HDBaseT]

You don't "have" to live in Sydney though. This is something immigrants like yourself fail to understand.

It's a privilege to come into this country, its a privilege to live in Sydney. If you don't like it, you can leave.

I make less (even before tax) than you PAID in tax, yet you still want handouts.

[robocat]

> It's a privilege to come into this country

Oz needs the immigrants or it would be screwed. It isn't a fecking privilege.

In NZ ~30% of the population was born overseas. We do it because NZ requires more people of working age - because our demographics are shit and they're becoming deeper shit (aside AU is part of our problem). We need young workers and we bribe them here with lifestyle, money from jobs, and houses for the fortunate.

It's a compounding bad debt solution - since those immigrants also get older and will become unaffordable retirees for our country.

I think Aus has similar dynamics - but not as badly because Oz is much wealthier than NZ.

I'm some years away from retirement age - but the demographics mean that I'm screwed. Everyone will be screwed. If you're fortunate enough to have been able to save for retirement, say goodbye to those savings over time.

I expect NZ will start to increase immigration because there's too many undesirable jobs (jobs that NZers don't want to do, or that there simply isn't enough NZers for the jobs).

Immigrants work. It is a only a stop-gap solution.

Our politicians lack the ability to encourage enough business growth: therefore taxation income can't keep up with NZ government expenses.

[HerbManic]

Alas for some people, their lifestyle will expand to fill their income. They could earn 10x as much, and it probably still wouldn't be enough.

[mgh95]

> It's a privilege to come into this country, its a privilege to live in Sydney. If you don't like it, you can leave.

I hate to put it like this, but that's exactly what the poster is doing.

[N_Lens]

He doesn't like and he does say he will leave, after getting the Australian passport first for opening doors.