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Same problem over here local growers, can not get locals to harvest vegetables. Its all done by back packers and islanders now. In less than ten years. Its gone from contractors, and two crews of casual pickers. Which consisted of few locals and the grey nomads who were either heading north for the winter or south depending on the season. Local contractors who were paid by the box and had usually picked 70 pallets of produce and could go home by lunchtime while the casuals kept picking till 3ish to pick the same amount. Carrots are machine harvested and fed straight into semi trailers and carted away you might see 3 people all day. Other vegies like lettuce, cabbage, leeks in winter still done by hand which requires a tractor driver, forklift driver and 5 people cutting and 2 or 3 packers. Theres still jobs in town, their easy to fill. With air conditioned offices, desk chairs, but try filling a position that has manual labor involved and outside, its a different story. Theres some sort of arrangement that if backpackers do 90 days of work in an agricultural area, then the government adds 90 days to your visa. Which probably works out great at the end they can go do all the touristy things they want to do like visit ayers rock and the great barrier reef while the government get it all back in fees, permits and fuel excises. Still good on them for living the dream. my brother recently bought the block next door, when it came up for sale. So he could be closer to his b̶r̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r parents. i suspect he's in for a surprise when payday comes as he's used to getting a builder's wages in the city. Years ago i grew 4 little piglets into bigger piglets. Those 4 little piggies did not go off to market.. i could buy a 400 kilo pallet of 2nd hand apples for $50 which made for cheap feed, however if you only fed them grain or pellets there is simply no profit in it. I also know for a fact, pigs will eat anything, literally anything.. which is why i'm not interested in buying either Chinese pig meet or US pig meat and i'm happy neither does the rest of australia even if trump does want to have a good cry about it lol -
By newfoundmass · Posted
There really is no good that will come of this, at least not for 99% of us. There will of course be those who reap massive profits from the chaos, but it'll be at the expense of all of us and it'll be the same people who are already obscenely wealthy. A sizeable portion of this country wants fascism, even if they are too dumb enough to realize it. Arrest someone here legally for practicing free speech? Many will applaud it, more will shrug with indifference. Send someone wrongly to a prison in El Salvador? Again, people will applaud it while others, again, are indifferent. "Law and order" they proclaimed, yet they cheer on the government ignoring supreme court rulings and the pardoning of thousands of people who violently stormed the capitol building. The economy is on the brink of a recession. Some economists already think we're in one. Things are going to get a lot worse. It's not just that we're being run by a bunch of morons, it's that they're truly bad actors who want to cause irreparable damage to the federal government. The opposition party is incompetent and ineffectual. I have no faith that they'll put up an effective fight for the midterms, let alone in the next presidential election, assuming we have one. Shits so fucked. -
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I guess the US doesn't want those in other countries to invest in their businesses. I don't think they realize the consequences if this goes through. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/88b464f77c2863c66a9326ee3eb93664ae337885ca5483f02881b645ad033c36/SWHM3X32RBFQFM2OX4MG5IDEWY/ Canadian investors holding U.S.-listed securities could see a sudden spike in the amount of tax they owe under a recent U.S. bill that has been tabled as a retaliatory measure against what it calls “discriminatory taxes” of foreign countries, including Canada’s digital services tax. If passed, the proposed legislation would add 5 percentage points to the withholding tax rate each year for four years on certain types of U.S. income for anyone living in a country that imposes a tax that the U.S. considers discriminatory or extraterritorial for U.S. citizens or corporations. The additional 20-per-cent withholding tax would remain in place as long as the other country’s disputed tax is in effect. The proposed bill appears to be targeting jurisdictions that have implemented a digital services tax on large U.S. technology companies or have an undertaxed payments rule (UTPR). Canada’s DST was enacted in 2024. The proposal means that Canadians who own U.S. securities that pay dividends or interest, or have realized gains, could see a large tax increase, said Kris Rossignoli, a cross-border tax and financial planner with Cardinal Point Wealth in New York. -
By fuzzynormal · Posted
Seems like there's a goal for all of this. Wonder what that is? One can only imagine. Assuming we're allowed to imagine and aren't put to death by the state beforehand. What would supply side Jesus do?
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