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?

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tedk-42 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

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.

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shell0x an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

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

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HDBaseT an hour ago | parent [-]

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.

	▲	HerbManic 15 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		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.
	▲	N_Lens 18 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		He doesn't like and he does say he will leave, after getting the Australian passport first for opening doors.
	▲	mgh95 18 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> 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.