The problem was that as soon as Abbott or Rudd opened his mouth, the worm would swing to the 70:30 or 30:70 position. And it happened every single time. There was no deliberation on the part of the audience as they considered the message being delivered, it would just happen predictably and automatically. Channel 9 in one direction, channel 7 in the other. It's just the big wigs' version of putting tape on the cricket bat.
Can you tell us what proportion of the population actually live in million dollar properties and yet receive a government pension?It's a lose situation for both parties. Any changes will cost the aged, so neither party is willing to do what's necessary for fear of alienating a very powerful, and increasing in size, voting block.
I cannot understand how people with million dollar properties complain about the cost of aged care, AND how they expect the rest of us to pay for them.
It's a lose situation for both parties. Any changes will cost the aged, so neither party is willing to do what's necessary for fear of alienating a very powerful, and increasing in size, voting block.
I cannot understand how people with million dollar properties complain about the cost of aged care, AND how they expect the rest of us to pay for them.
Good thinking Noco.......I would like to see Abbott scrap his "DIRECT ACTION PLAN" on green house emmissions and defer his paid parental scheme until the economy picks up. In the meantime Abbott should utilize the existing paid parental scheme put in place by Labor.
....The family home is sacrosanct in our society............
Ken Henry's dangerous fallacy of taxing "imputed rent"
Gerard Jackson
BrookesNews.Com
Monday 26 April 2010
As evidence that bad ideas never die Treasury boss Ken Henry floated the idea of taxing "imputed rent" on those who bought their homes instead of renting them. Sinclair Davidson (Professor in the School of Economics, Finance and Marketing at RMIT, and a fellow of the Institute of Public Affairs) thought this a silly proposal. Unfortunately Davidson got it completely wrong. What he failed to grasp is that it is based on a fallacy. (To be fair to Davidson, this fact has scarcely been noted by "professional" economists.)
Now our brilliant Mr Henry based his suggestion on the obvious fact that if homeowners had not bought their homes they would have had to pay rent. From this the likes of Dr Henry conclude that homeowners are receiving tax-exempt income in the form of 'imputed rent' which by rights should be treated as forgone income: the income or rent that homeowners sacrifice by not renting out their property. We are clearly dealing with a frame of mind that thinks that by buying their houses homeowners are somehow enjoying an unearned tax advantage over their less fortunate rent-paying neighbours. They have in fact managed to reap where they have not sown.
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Unless the boffins at Treasury get this up as floated by Ken Henry:
http://brookesnews.com/102604rent.html
That proves beyond doubt that Ken Henry hasn't a clue.
On matters of the election, it would seem that The Coalition has decided to do what it can to simply shut down Kevin Rudd's GST scare campaign.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...coalition-on-gst/story-fn9qr68y-1226696098066
Abbott wants to debate Rudd on Sky News at the Brisbane Broncos Leagues Club and let the people ask the questions.
Rudd has refused. Why is he so scared to face the people?
Which of course would suit Rudd down to the ground, as his tax on carbon was always just a pure money grab to try and claw back some cash to compensate for all his crazy spending. It never had anything to do with his supposedly noble reasons for introducing it, such as saving the planet from climate change.Scrap the carbon tax says our Kevvie. We will go to an ETS a year earlier at $6.00 a tonne but what is he does not reveal is the ETS price will rise to $18 in three years and $38 per tonne in 6 years.
Another con job by Labor.
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/...ents/rudds_terminated_tax_will_actually_soar/
And just a week or two ago the old Kevvie was running around beating his chest as he loudly proclaimed that Abbot wasn' t game to debate him! LOLAbbott wants to debate Rudd on Sky News at the Brisbane Broncos Leagues Club and let the people ask the questions.
Rudd has refused. Why is he so scared to face the people?
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/...eraldsun/comments/rudd_rejects_peoples_forum/
With the cuts Labor are doing to University, this will be interesting.Tony Abbott will today announce the Coalition will preference Labor above the Greens in every Lower House seat at the election.
The Opposition Leader's move is designed to rule out the chances of the September 7 election resulting in a minority government.
This sex appeal "gaffe" as they call it is a prime example of media gone mad.
That was a harmless remark but everyone with an agenda has tried to turn it into something including the ABC
It wasn't a gaffe, it wasn't sexist, all this carry on in BS.
Absolutely right there Burnsie. What a crock.
If that's the best the media and Labor can concentrate on then they have lost the plot (again).
Wong has been on TV and radio saying how Abbott is a sexist, yadda yadda yadda.
Most women wake up every day, and spend some of the day, trying to improve and display, their "sex appeal".
Most women would take it as a huge compliment if a man said they had "sex appeal".
The media itself see's the advantage in having female presenters who have "sex appeal".
What a joke beating this up.
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