[shell0x]

I could as a German but my partner has a weaker passport so I’m just waiting till she got her australian passport

[tedk-42]

so you take but you don't want to give?

perhaps try a different perspective of, "it's good i live in a place where we contribute for a common good"

[shell0x]

Taxes are a financial loss.

I preferred living in Hong Kong and Singapore and do not enjoy living here honestly, but if you treat it as payment for my+partner’s backup citizenship, it seems more justifiable.

[c23gooey]

> Taxes are a financial loss.

What a miserable, selfish view of the world you have

[sumedh]

Australian govt needs to tighten the rules to discourage people who want to take advantage of Australia but don't want to contribute in return.