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I'm not inclined to agree with you ... but I see that the relative immigration rate into Australia is about twice what it is in the US (where I am), so things might be different there.

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everyones life would be different if there was less wealth inequality.

and thats a result of taxation systems founded in income and not re-aligned to wealth and capital as uber capital has been accrued.

If we change these tax systems the world changes

Ohhh Aussies rejected Shorten when he started that journey......

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Well, we are definitely on a unity ticket there, my friend!

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> everyones life would be different if there was less wealth inequality.

I suddenly realized that if there was less wealth inequality (actually, you mean *income* inequality) *across countries*, there would be tremendously less immigration.

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Hi Worley

No i do mean "wealth inequality" which includes..

access to education

access to health

access to infrastructure

access to governance

etc

and yes no need to move for "better opportunities" if also assesed across communities

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Are Aussies mature enough to have a conversation with such sophisticated meaning ..?...maybe

Im not in favour of massive migration with-out quality planning & design- but I think a humanist argument needs to be included here

a per capita income reduction might just mean a 50 inch tv instead of 80 inch and an apple phone rotated every 3 years not 2 (i still prefer my $150 android)...

Does Australia have a moral obligation to share more of our "lucky country"?

What about (more) Refugees ++ a few plumbers, sparkies and chippies?!

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Hmmm. I think the issue is not that people might need to accept a slightly smaller big-screen TV or older iPhone but that 40%-50% plus of their income is now going on housing - and for people younger than us, that's almost certainly a rent rather than a mortgage payment. If we keep letting people in, it will be 50-60% or more and the immense anger that I sense has been building among younger generations will find a radical Left or radical Right outlet, which I suspect will not end happily for anyone involved. As it happens, while I note it's not a feeling shared by the citizens of many other nations, I am aware that my life would have been remarkably different if I hadn't been born in a first-world nation and am amenable – within reason – to welcoming refugees. Also, I'm not sure it's a matter of having a mature conversation. As far as I can see, it's much more a matter of the top 20% of society - who've done rather well for themselves during an era where capital and labour has been unprecedently mobile - ruthlessly pursuing their class interests at the expense of the bottom 80%.

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