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11/07/21
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Originally posted by moorookamick:
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IMO so are you. If we only had 1 citizen then we'd have a GDP/capita of $2 Trillion. Would we have a better country? You say, eh? While you focus on the individual, I focus on the Aus and what's best for Aus.. China for example has a GDP/Capita of about $14K but its military budget alone is over half our complete budget & 8 times that of our military and its GDP is $14 Trillion USD, or over 9 times the size of Aus and its position in the World reflects that while Aus with a GDP/capita 5 times that of China are merely a minnow. If we had a population comparable to Canada with our current GDP/Capita we'd have a GDP $2.7 trillion which might even squeeze us into the G7 rather than having our Adman eavesdropping from the flies in Cornwall a month ago The Government's fair wage Commission has limited the minimum wage to $20.25/hr. which effects 2.2 million Aussies at least , If the Government wished to lift this minimum wage then it could do so. IMO that should be $30/hr which would encourage those on Welfare/unemployment to get out there and work. Even if the Government exempted those on minimum wage of PAYE this would add $3600 P/A to their take home pay.
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And the trouble with the 'more people, more clout' argument is, it never ends. 'If only we had as many people as Canada we'd have more international clout', is then followed by 'if only we had as many people as Britain and France', is followed by America, then China, then all of a sudden, 'if only we had as many people as two Chinas, we would be so bloody important!'