Yes, the current debate is atrocious due to the us vs. them attitude. “Leave it to the market” on one side and “punish the rich” on the other....
Hi, isn’t it clear to all there is a crude attempt by certain forces to divide the Australian public into opposing camps, renters and landlords?...
You can surely play with all sorts of numbers here but I đon’t think it will change the overall conclusion drastically. I suspect the greater...
I’m still here… occasionally:). All good AFAIC, nothing to report, no new insights, hence I rarely post these days. Hope everyone is doing well...
Excellent question. See how you fit in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. [ATTACH] [IMG] Most people on this forum when they retire would have amply...
This ^^ There are many modalities that can bring health, one of which has been known as a fact by science for a long time but still dismissed by...
The message I’d like to convey to anybody wanting to grasp Chinese reality is to look further than what the CCP presents as facts. A healthy dose...
To everyone quoting data for China, please be mindful that since Xi came to power China has discontinued the publication of thousands of...
Too hard to predict. The key question is this: will the CCP view the people and therefore the economy as a friendly force or a threat to its...
We recently had a small family gathering (in a SEA country) with relatives from mainland China that we haven’t seen in 4 years. Lots of news were...
Over the years I’ve helped plenty of Chinese relatives and friends buy property in Australia. But first, a general remark that transcend...
Using data is not the problem. The problem is believing that data is reality, the end all be all. But there’s an aspect of reality that the...
In Australia for the last few decades, and mainly due to government derelection, this group called mum and dad landlords (that I am part of) has...
Before I was retired, I was trying to practise something akin to wu wei, which literally means “not doing”. I was longing for some free time where...
Do not underestimate the pressure of owner’s costs on rents rising even if supply and demand appear unchanged. In our case due to our rents being...
My apologies if you find this intrusive from someone who doesn’t know you, but you sound like my old self 30 years ago. It looks like your inner...
Yes agreed, but… I remember a conversation I had with my spiritual teacher 50 years ago when I was a lad. We were in the middle of one of the...
Yep, I got sick of it and transferred all our IPs – or rather, the management of them – to my wife who loves doing it. I kept the management of...
Lots of good posts. I’ve been observing my community of refugees here in Australia for almost 40 years. All of us came here with no material...
+1 I thought Putin was a bit of a strategist but it doesn’t appear so. Single-handedly he has manufactured an anti-Russia nationalism in a...
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