tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post2866629655346314074..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: A bit rich: getting some perspectivebyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-31467589251420627592008-06-26T23:13:00.000+01:002008-06-26T23:13:00.000+01:00Dr Calvin Seerveld - reformational philosopher of ...Dr Calvin Seerveld - reformational philosopher of aesthetics and profound Biblical story teller - once wrote/said (can’t recall exactly where) that, biblically speaking, anyone those who have enough food to eat, roofs over their head and clothes to wear are rich.<BR/><BR/>Put's our monetary definitions into some perspective, I think. (Especially of those on AU$100,000 who protest that they're notGeoff Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06271185551895426968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-59675087340750717742008-05-25T18:47:00.000+01:002008-05-25T18:47:00.000+01:00Assuming 2AD to the pound, I'm not rich yet - phew...Assuming 2AD to the pound, I'm not rich yet - phew...Jason Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02241687856069823683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-49304289042717377482008-05-17T17:44:00.000+01:002008-05-17T17:44:00.000+01:00I also earn below $30K and I have a servant whom I...I also earn below $30K and I have a servant whom I can easily afford. We are very rich. I am very rich compared to her, she thinks my washing machine is a novelty!<BR/><BR/>What do people in Australia regard as "neccesary" these days? Is a plasma TV necessary...?Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14703064533223990944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-65622832529596567552008-05-16T12:01:00.000+01:002008-05-16T12:01:00.000+01:00This is a fascinating plan that I had not heard ab...This is a fascinating plan that I had not heard about before this post.<BR/><BR/>It seems like a superb way to balance the widening gap between rich and poor in Western societies without damaging the wealth creation incentives that for better or worse are the basis of our economies. So it's much better than my 70% top-level tax rate idea.<BR/><BR/>Has this been received well by Australian societyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-861959567484285592008-05-16T04:36:00.000+01:002008-05-16T04:36:00.000+01:00After being generally happy about the budget (from...After being generally happy about the budget (from what I understood of it...) I was almost surprised when a colleague complained about losing their child care rebate as he and his wife earn slightly over to $150k mark. At the time I felt a little sorry for him and offered polite commiseration, though as I read this post and comments I started to remember that he does own two houses (well, has sairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05926254330438685627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-81542724278697925182008-05-16T03:37:00.000+01:002008-05-16T03:37:00.000+01:00Frank - Twelve points. I wonder whether the "solut...Frank - Twelve <A HREF="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.com/2006/09/pics-and-points.html" REL="nofollow">points</A>. I wonder whether the "solution" is not so much about leaving the economic system (as if we could), but about acting subversively within it.<BR/><BR/>Mark - I'll give you six for "The Daily Planet". I linked to that story from the Adelaide paper in the post - it made me byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-90478331777279748522008-05-16T03:21:00.000+01:002008-05-16T03:21:00.000+01:00If you earn $150,000 p.a., then your income exceed...<I>If you earn $150,000 p.a., then your income exceeds that of about 99.16% of the rest of the world.</I><BR/><BR/>Depending which currency I convert to first, the rich list website gives me $150k AUD > 99.56% or higher.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-78457938602136296762008-05-15T21:29:00.000+01:002008-05-15T21:29:00.000+01:00In the Adelaide 'newspaper' (and I use the term li...In the Adelaide 'newspaper' (and I use the term lightly) yesterday they had a front page story about a couple on a combined income of over $150,000 'struggling'. Maybe they are but in the photo you could see the designer 'beach side' home with a massive plasma sitting on the wall. They lamented that their new 4WD would have cost them more if they had waited and private school fees put a drain on Mark Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04596400696901765347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-23410898249362467322008-05-15T19:00:00.000+01:002008-05-15T19:00:00.000+01:00Oh Oh. The Rockefeller Center.I get really frustra...Oh Oh. The Rockefeller Center.<BR/><BR/>I get really frustrated that no matter what our income, at least in North America, we tend to live well above our means. The economy is built on so many falsehoods that we shouldn't be surprised when it fails, but we always are. I really find a simpler life so attractive. But my frustration is the greatest when I recognize just how embedded I am in the One of Freedomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479227411431959461noreply@blogger.com