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This is how our government is wasting our money!
I break it down to exactly how much per family it's costing you.
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Jim Penman
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Jim Penman
@Thejimpenman
Founder of @jimsgroup and @jimsmowingau - My new book called 'Birthrate Crisis' is out soon. Authorised by J Penman of 117/757 Bourke St, Docklands 3008
- Every great empire eventually collapses. Rome. Greece. Britain. The signs are clear in ours too. Low birthrates. Weak character. Short-term thinking. History repeats. Few are willing to see it.
- I failed my PhD. I lost my house. I had $30,000 in debt. All I had left was a $24 mower. That’s how Jim’s started. Not with a plan. With survival.
- I started Jim’s Mowing with just $24. At 30 years old, I was: → $35,000 in debt → My thesis had just been rejected → And I’d sold my house with nothing left to show for it All I had was: → A battered old car → A nearly dead mower and brush cutter → And $24 to my name I
- I’m not your typical business success story. No business plan. No budget. No formal training. I’m disorganised, impatient, and not great with people. I’ve never liked crowds, and I struggle to remember names or faces. But we built Jim’s into Australia’s largest franchise
- I bought my first house as a student mowing lawns. Today, my kids couldn’t dream of doing the same. That’s not progress. That’s failure.
- I bought my first house as a student mowing lawns. Today, my kids couldn’t dream of doing the same. That’s not progress. That’s failure.
- What happened to power bills getting cheaper?
- You get these Labor politicians saying work from home is better for everyone. How would you know? You've never run a business in your life. Stop telling employers what's best for them.
- Housing rules are insane. I’ve got 5 acres. Could easily fit 30 homes. But I’m not “allowed” to build them. And we wonder why people can’t afford a place to live.
- The latest polls in Victoria show support for the Andrews government weakening, but still likely to stay in power. This is deeply depressing given how badly it handled the epidemic, the quarantine fiasco and throwing over 100,000 independent contractors out of work for no reason
- Housing was once 3 years’ wages. Now it’s decades of debt. That’s not progress. That’s theft from the next generation.
- I’m seriously considering running for the Victorian Upper House. Not for the title. Not for the prestige. But because I’m tired of watching bad policy destroy opportunity in this country. Here’s why: 🧵
