Some Australians aren't paying tax due to a rise in 'sovereign accounting'
www.abc.net.au
Groups spring up on social media, claiming to hold secret knowledge the Australian government is holding back from regular citizens: the Australian Taxation Office "isn't real".

The sovereign citizen movement rejects the legitimacy of the government. Its fast-growing popularity has had authorities scrambling to get a handle on how far its tentacles have reached.

Unfortunately, Mr Oxby was persuaded by this theory during the seminar, which I infer from his evidence, was presented in a persuasive and charismatic manner."

He was ultimately fined $14,000.

  • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
    16·
    1 year ago

    Fair, government funded services tend to lead to monopoly such as one single trash service, etc which allows the favored to charge higher prices than would be tolerated normally. Lots of small companies competing for business keeps prices low for as long as possible and inflation is the main source of increases.

      • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
        15·
        1 year ago

        Six of one-half a dozen of the other. I still only have one trash service, one power company, etc. etc. They look no different.

          • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
            13·
            1 year ago

            Okay, fine. If you tax the ultra-wealthy at 100% for example, then they have no incentive to work and therefore will no longer be ultra-wealthy and that will pay for what maybe 1% of what’s necessary to fund these services and now there are no more ultra-wealthy people so who are you going to tax? The middle class of course.

              • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
                11·
                1 year ago

                Right, but the government is a very wasteful spender. As an example, the US government spends the market cap of Apple Incorporated every 100 days. If Apple did that, they would not exist in 100 days. But the government continues to exist. I completely understand that once you obtain a certain amount of wealth, you really don’t need any more. However, with that said, I think taxation is the wrong way to handle it and that using another service is the correct way to handle it.

                  • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
                    11·
                    1 year ago

                    Okay, if the government is supposed to provide a basic quality of life, then they are failing at that job and need to be replaced.

                • Dkarma@lemmy.world
                  22·
                  1 year ago

                  I love how you dont even understand the concept of a line of credit and everything is a zero sum game. You have a very broken outlook on life. Very toxic mindset.

                  • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
                    1·
                    1 year ago

                    Credit and the I must have it now mentality is most of the problem with people today. You don’t need credit when you actually have money.