James Thompson
speaker
987 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 18 Aug
James Thompson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Why don't the government lower the tax on overtime to encourage productivity?
We have awards that state your base wage now, so why not lock that in for the current income tax thresholds and have a much lower tax rate on overtime hours above the threshold?
Interesting idea, Stephen, but practically difficult.
Well, you know, and I wrote a piece last week about sort of productivity and why we aren't outraged about that.
And that is, you know, Shane Oliver, veteran economist at AMP, that's his top thing.
You know, we broaden the GST, we bring income taxes down and we get rid of other sort of state-based taxes that lean on productivity.
But, you know, we have these ideas, they just get nowhere.
Yeah.
What do you think, James?
Are the youngsters living it up too much or what?
I think Lincoln's forgetting the sort of chicken and the egg thing here.
If it looks impossible for you to get into the housing market any time in the next 30 years, are you not entitled to spend a bit more of your income on rent and stuff that gives you a bit of pleasure now?
I think this idea that people of a certain generation have that you can sort of live frugally, work hard and a house will miraculously be within your reach.
The numbers just don't add up.
It's just not how it works anymore.
And no doubt, like lots of people make, as you said, lots of people make lots of sacrifices throughout the period.
But people of Lincoln's, but people in, I'm not sure if Lincoln's old or young or what they are, but
older generations did have the sort of tailwinds of 40 years of generally falling interest rates.
Yes, I know, they got up to 18%.
You don't have to tell me again.
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