Will there be a Investor sell-off before this years Election..

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  1. MikeyBallarat

    MikeyBallarat Well-Known Member

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    I don’t know what socialists are even doing here in Australia - when they can move to China, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea etc. to live out their utopian dreams. My ancestors came here to *escape* socialism, we don’t need it brought back thanks very much

    Edit: To respond more directly, I hate that assumption that if you are an investor you are massively wealthy. Yeah, the goal is to build wealth, but why punish those who want to get there via their own hard work? Socialism is a horrid philosophy built upon envy, jealousy and outright hatred of your fellow man.
     
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    You understand its a spectrum and societies can exist...very well in fact with a blend of capitalistic and socialist policies.
     
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    Back to the OP, its already happening and another article in one of the weekend papers about the situation.
    If Sydney residential vacancy rates end up with a 4 in front, it would probably get a lot worse ,as all the profit takers and those sitting on older empty houses and apartments take a big hit to the hip pocket.
     
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    Investor sell off? Unlikely. I would expect there will be a frenzy to purchase properties so the “grandfathered” rules apply to them. This way investors might be looking to lock in negative gearing and CGT provisions. It’s hard to predict human behaviour.
     
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  5. MikeyBallarat

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    Well, yes that’s true...easy and cost effective access to healthcare is one thing, but hiking taxes in 4 separate ways to pay for a media outlet that I don’t watch or to donate half a billion to the UN is completely different.
     
  6. radson

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    $17 billion worth of fighter jets
    $50 billion for some subs
    $50 billion on pensions

    Thats where the big money is
     
  7. MikeyBallarat

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    I see value in a military (again, a socialist aspect, like healthcare, that provides value to our nation).

    I don’t know what you’re talking about with pensions, it’s Labor who wants everyone on welfare, and wants to scrap WFTD.

    Why do you vote Labor when you are on a property investment forum? Do you hate yourself? Do you hate money? Do you love paying tax?

    I sure don’t, and I bloody hate that I will be $10k per year worse off when Shorten is elected.
     
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    I have voted for Labor and Liberal candidates over the years. I despise blind allegiance to a political party and consider that the refuge of the fool.

    Im a husband, father, a citizen, a business person, graduate, rate payer and then perhaps a property owner.

    As for paying tax, i dont love it but after having lived and word in many countries without a functioning state , I certainly understand the benefits.
     
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    I hope to be a husband and father some day, like yourself. I think I can be a better husband and father when the time comes if I can set up my financial future better now when I’m in my 20s. I will spend less time working, and more with my future wife and kids. They would worry about financial stress less, and we can keep a secure roof over our heads.

    Voting Liberal now will make me a better husband and father in the future, by reducing my financial stresses, and allowing me to focus more on what really matters in life.

    I am not, and never have been a Liberal Party member. I have voted for non-Liberal candidates before (though not Labor). I will be putting Labor last, as I did in the most recent Vic State election, because at this point in time, in my view a Liberal federal government delivers the better outcome for 95.0% of Australians. This is not down to any blind party allegiance. I have opened both my eyes, and seen enough of Labor to turn away in disgust.

    Out of curiosity, what is it that you find appealing about a prospective Shorten Government? I just don’t get it.
     
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    Probably should really thank Peter Dutton for his moment of madness when he went for a second challenge of Malcolm Turnball .
    Obviously the power went to his head.
    The very thing that Tony Abbott used so effectively against Gillard and Rudd was repeated by the Liberal Party a few years later.
    Most people were absolutely sick of it years ago.
    Governments change all the time , life goes on.
    Buddy..
     
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    I just dont get why you think Im Pro-Shorten or a Labour party advocate.
     
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    Seems to me it could be less likely Labor will get in with current declines and more till then. Media keeps bashing Labor's NG policies weekly, and existing home owners dont want there value to keep dropping...
     
  13. John_BridgeToBricks

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    If the mid 80's anything to go on, the NG changes will adversely affect the property market, irrespective of whether it is grandfathered or not. That it is grandfathered doesn't change that the future re-sale value will reduce.

    The thing I am really outraged about is something that no one is talking about.

    The changes to negative gearing leads to a complete redefinition of "taxable income" in a way that hurts individuals and benefits governments.

    Currently, someone's taxable income is the sum or all gains plus all losses.

    Under the proposed ALP plan, as a taxpayer I get to keep the income on which I pay taxes. But my losses belong to the government, which they will then graciously drip-feed back to me over future years/decades.

    It mean individuals OVER PAY tax in the present to get small tax benefits in the future. And we all know that with inflation, a tax refund in the future is worth less than a tax refund in the present.

    It fundamentally changes the relationship that we the people have with our governments. It entitles governments to our earnings before us.

    Based on the above, the changes to NG are actually quite pernicious and immoral IMO.

    I would be interested to hear if anyone has thought of it in this way?
     
  14. MikeyBallarat

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    Yep I know. My heart sank when I first heard the news of that challenge, it felt like chances went from slim to none.

    But the reason why I’m so scared about this is three fold - it’s the first federal election where I have had any decent net worth, Labor has never been so far to the left before in recent history, and all polls seem to indicate that Labor will win in a landslide.

    By your posting in this thread, you seem to be favouring Labor over Liberal policy.
     
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    Im actually really torn this federal election as the major party members contesting my federal seat (Maquarie) both have policies which I favor and dispute.
     
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    A lot of governments are always going to struggle going into their 3rd term , regardless of them being Liberal or Labour., they can start to carry a lot of unwanted baggage and a few big egos.
    I could be wrong but i think it was Menzies that taxed the crap out of the wealthy .
    These possible changes coming up are not new and some were made years ago.
    Some who have taken on massive debt and speculated on property always going up may have to rearrange a few things to a more conservative portfolio.
    But each to their own.
     
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    I think CGT discount change will be based on a sell before/after date not when the asset was aquired. Reckon its going to shock a few.
     
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    There was a mountain of outrage on PC several years ago when Labor first declared its negative gearing and CGT policies before the previous elections. I have exhausted all my emotion on the topic and have moved on to "what will be, will be". There is nothing I can do personally to alter the outcome of any election.
     
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    But with your experience, you can help us have more ideas to make the right decisions. Then we have less impact as the market will balance it out in the end does not matter much of the policy in the long term.
    The less investment, the less build or subdivision, the higher rent. This will be perfect to long term holders on good properties. Bad ones will be killed quickly, and regulation changes again no worries.

    As long as we player know how to play the best options in the games, we still can make money against the market or losers.
     
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    "Here are the Top 10 years of tax to GDP ratios since 1980-81and the government in power at the time:

    2004-05 24.3% Liberal
    2000-01 24.2% Liberal
    2005-06 24.2% Liberal
    2002-03 24.0% Liberal
    2003-04 24.0% Liberal
    2006-07 23.7% Liberal
    2007-08 23.7% Liberal
    1986-87 23.3% Labor
    1987-88 23.2% Labor
    2001-02 23.2% Liberal

    (Note: The Turnbull government gets an award for the next highest with the projected tax to GDP ratio of 23.1% in 2018-19).

    Even more extraordinary are the facts of the 10 lowest tax to GDP ratios since 1980-81. All 10 are under Labor governments. All 10.

    Here they are:

    1992-93 20.0% Labor
    1993-94 20.0% Labor
    2010-11 20.0% Labor
    2009-10 20.2% Labor
    1991-92 20.7% Labor
    2011-12 20.9% Labor
    1983-84 21.0% Labor
    1994-95 21.2% Labor
    2012-13 21.5% Labor
    2013-14 21.5% Labor

    And the source for these numbers are the MYEFO released by Treasurer Morrison and Finance Minister Cormann in December 2015:

    Also:

    "rate of job creation is stronger whenever Labor is in power, pulling the economic levers, compared with the times when the Coalition is in office.

    The obvious follow up was to see which side of politics presides over a stronger pace of real GDP growth.

    The results are set out below. The figures are average quarterly growth in real GDP.

    Abbott: 0.64%
    Rudd/Gillard: 0.61%
    Howard: 0.89%
    Hawke/Keating: 0.92%
    Fraser: 0.59%

    Using a weighted average for the period since Fraser in 1975, the overall result was:

    Labor: 0.82%
    Coalition: 0.76%

    So there you have it. When Labor are in office, the economy grows faster, by about 0.06 per cent per quarter. which in a year is about 0.25 per cent faster. In an economy that in today's terms is above $1.6 trillion.
    a quarter of a percentage point extra GDP growth a year is big bikkies. The stronger GDP growth helps explain, no doubt, why job creation is faster when Labor are in power."

    As quoted by:

    Stephen Koukoulas is one of Australia's leading economic visionaries, past Chief Economist of Citibank, heading global research in London for TD and Senior Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister.
     
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