Comments by "Matthew Nirenberg" (@matthewnirenberg) on "AVOID These Passports at All Costs" video.

  1. Well those countries could fix that by stopping immigration and getting everything sorted internally and only then opening immigration. Australia creates its own welfare mess with its immigration and high taxes (literally hurts itself by trying to help everyone). Either way, still doesn't justify Australian passports costing basically $500 for a weak travel document (since 2020 its lost access to many countries, and, only gained 15 days visa-free to China (just like many EU passports)).
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  2.  @jace2wheel762  Still not as taxed as Australia. Canada does however win on the wokies and far-left extremism.
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  3. That's literally nothing - the Australian passport is basically $500. Keep in mind that its lost access to 20 countries since 2020 and the only gain its had was 15 days visa-free to China which most EU countries have also gained.
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  4.  @brightonbabe2139  On the immigration side of things, your situation was different to what I was talking about, you chose to be legal via visas, and you chose to leave for work which extended your timeline. That's different to doing it illegally and claiming to be a "refugee" after shopping around countries. Also, you work, you didn't seek to be a welfare bludger. Regarding your claims about 'what you get for your taxes': Be successful and work your ass off for a high income and you get nothing for your taxes. Everything becomes 'pay to play' just like in the USA. Australia rewards the useless bums who earn next to nothing. Those who work throw half their wage away as income tax and mandatory super (something those born after 1975 will basically never be allowed to access if well off). In order to not get further reamed by excessively high MediCare levies, one MUST have private health insurance which keeps you out of the public system. Be successful and you're paying for public school (only the brokies get it for free) - the days of free public education for everyone is long gone due to 'means-testing'. If you're deemed successful then the 'suggested' fees suddenly become mandatory. Successful people need their children to be actually educated which requires sending them to private schools where they are actually educated on history, finance, business, etc. - all stuff that the public system intentionally NEVER teaches. Then there's all the other levies such as bushfire recovery levy, fire services levy, '2020 thing' levy, etc. which all add up quickly, along with council rates, CGT, Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT), unrealized gains tax, just to name a few others. This is the reality for anyone who works their ass off. Your comparison is very flawed as it either only looks at income tax or it only looks at a brokie (someone on <$45k before tax). As more people who are successful get sick of being taxed to death and leave, the ones remaining are forced to pay even more to maintain the welfare state. If you're successful, you factor in all taxes and levies (including professional registration/licencing and continuing professional development (mandated by registration/licencing systems in order to remain registered/licenced)), a very basic 'cost of survival' (minimum food and drink), mandatory super (which if not mandatory would be part of your wage, and that those born post 1975 will likely never be able to access, and if and when they do it gets taxed as income). You quickly realize that you're paying what is effectively 75% tax just to exist because you work your ass off and are successful. So what do you actually get for all the taxes you pay? Literally just to have recreations/hobbies I have multiple licences and have to obtain permits throughout the year. All that costs a lot of money and requires a lot of 'jumping through hoops' because the govt have regulated basically everything with courses, licences, memberships and fees. And people wonder why I'm leaving as soon as I have scraped together enough to do so. Australia is a twisted, horrible tax hungry hellhole that destroys peoples lives simply because it can. Successful people get literally nothing for all the taxes they are forced to pay, and those taxes are INCREASING EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
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  5. @jace2wheel762 LOL, that's about $20 cheaper than most EU passports which are free once you're over 70. If you want to see expensive, the Australian passport is excessively expensive (just under $500) and has been losing access to countries since 2020, only gaining 15 days visa-free to China (as have many EU passports).
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  6.  @TheMiklaw  Sounds like someone lied to you and scammed you. I've got two EU passports, both through consulates, both around $180; I just had to provide a Registered Post Person-To-Person envelope when applying. It takes 3 months as they travel as part of the Diplomatic Mail, then get sent to you (unless you arrange to collect from the consulate) - the only way it'd be believable to cost $500 would be for some sort of 'express' processing or to be a Swiss passport which itself costs almost $500.
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  7.  @jace2wheel762  Of course they over charge. The amount is in no way relative. Canada doesn't rip you off, Australia's price is outright robbery.
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  8.  @humpteedumptee8629  Except for the part where yo don't owe the country ANYTHING! High taxes are enough - they don't deserve anything else. Why should you lose years of your life, risk injury or death (many people get badly hurt or die in training), when the country has a perfectly fine professional army? TIME is the most precious commodity anyone has - the regimes have already stolen 3yrs from us with their precious plandemic - that's time we can NEVER get back. We don't owe them ANYTHING! If anything, they owe us compensation for the years they stole unlawfully imprisoning us in our homes over a total fabrication that existed ONLY to make them richer! You really need to lay off the kool-aid!
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