well i was like jesus on good friday i got hammered
well i was like jesus on good friday i got hammeredWaving his hands all 'kum ba yah' like. What a hero to the people.
Probably because you rammed him down peoples throats with your crazy conspiracy theoriesFunny cause everyone is dying to mention him to me.
At no time did I mention to deep throat Trump. You've just been out to sea so long that it's become habitual.Probably because you rammed him down peoples throats with your crazy conspiracy theories
Single largest issue I've heard mentioned about the last election, by far, was the franking credits.
It wasn't so much about the actual $ impact but simply the reality that it had zero impact on an ordinary worker unless they became one of the many involuntary early retirees in society, in which case it would definitely hurt them, that went down like a lead balloon with many.
Kicking someone when they've already had a fall is a dog act to put it lightly and the idea that a "workers' party" would do so was anathema to many.
I didn't vote #1 for either major party at the last Federal election. I've a definite dislike of the Liberals' "born to rule" way of thinking, the problems with which seem to have become a bit more apparent to the general population in recent times, but there's no way I could vote Labor so long as they had policies like that.
Closing tax loopholes exploited by the rich sure, that's a good idea.
Kicking some ordinary Joe Average at the very point they're already struggling was seen as unacceptable by many. Class warfare at its worst.
What's needed on that one is a scalpel not a chainsaw. Cut out the rorts certainly but don't jack up taxes on someone at the other end of the spectrum in doing so.
If an election were held tomorrow then I'd have a leaning to Labor at this point but I'm unconvinced that they've really grasped what needs to change with the party.
I do think there's a need for serious change in universities, they've lost their focus in recent times, but simply cutting funding isn't going to bring that change indeed it may well make the situation worse.That Christopher Pyne actually boasted about defunding universities by $26 billion was disgusting imo.
Thats funny coming from the head cheerleader, of the party who increased the pension age.Class warfare yeah right they were quite happy to see REAL taxpayers lose penalty rates.
Take your blikkers off
No - the actual law as enforced by the ATO.I rest my case your Honour
Perception brought to you by murdoch,stokes and costello
Coming from someone retired prior to reaching said age is funnierThats funny coming from the head cheerleader, of the party who increased the pension age.
It was introduced by Costello in 2000 from memoryNo - the actual law as enforced by the ATO.
I do my own taxes, always have, and simply re-ran the calculations for a hypothetical scenario of unemployed versus employed.
Suffice to say that with a well paid job there was no impact. Without a job it was a tax hike, effectively removing the Tax Free Threshold.
No chance I'd support something so nasty no matter which party proposed it.
If there's one thing Labor really needs to do, it's distance themselves from white collar elites who simply don't comprehend life as lived by the rest. As everyone who's ever been a blue collar employee knows, the most dangerous thing you're likely to encounter at work isn't ladders, chemicals or electricity but rather, it's a man wearing a suit.
There's far too many sitting in offices who just don't grasp that retirement is for many something that happens at an unplanned date well before superannuation or the pension becomes available and is brought about by one of those men dressed in a suit. The victims of that, the very core of traditional Labor voters, are the ones who were going to lose under that policy and that's the problem with it.
It's the kind of thinking that sounds perfectly reasonable to a lawyer or academic who faces no such threat to their employment but it's a definite problem to a brickie or plant operator for whom investing outside super is their only real Plan B in a lot of cases.
Personally well I spend my time sitting at a desk these days but definitely no suit.
I do think there's a need for serious change in universities, they've lost their focus in recent times, but simply cutting funding isn't going to bring that change indeed it may well make the situation worse.
The concept of universities needs to go back to education, teaching students how to think etc plus research. They weren't supposed to be lecturing anyone on what to think or making a huge profit.
The other issue is pushing 50% of students into doing a degree and in reality fabricating degrees to ensure there is one for everybody, whether they are useful degrees or not.I would suggest that universities have lost focus because of under-funding.
They have to spend more time trying to stay in business and less time creating or improving courses or doing research, so they are afraid to be innovative and take a risk because it might cost them money. They go with the lowest common denominator.
In addition, it would be cutting their own throats if they fail fee paying students for bad marks or throw them out for cheating so they accept lower standards.
All of which drags the system down even further.
From what you've said you earn, the last thing I would call you is cheap. ?Coming from someone retired prior to reaching said age is funnier
Geez im one ugly cheerleader your fantancies are troubling but hey each to their own
But i do have a price and im cheap
Tell him to take the job your to proud to take at BunningsFrom what you've said you earn, the last thing I would call you is cheap. ?
Yes I've still got a year to go before I reach pension age, my mate the brickie is 60 and well over putting up bricks, he has 7 years to go if he is lucky.
Rudd gave pensioners a $30 rise and a two year longer wait, you never know if Albo gets in pensioners might get a $50 rise and another 3 year extension. ?
I actually failed the medical, for Bunnings.Tell him to take the job your to proud to take at Bunnings
They love tradies real advice
I actually failed the medical, for Bunnings.
No argument from me there.anyways my point was the pro lib media beat up on franking credits as a retirement tax but didnt see the silver hair/ blue rinse brigade up in alms about the abolitionof penalties
A directly related problem is that having a degree, any degree, has come to be used as a defacto intelligence test.The other issue is pushing 50% of students into doing a degree and in reality fabricating degrees to ensure there is one for everybody, whether they are useful degrees or not.
Trouble is the penalty rate crowd dont frequent stock market forums= boomer echo chambersNo argument from me there.
It's folly to stand by and watch others lose out. First because of morality, second for the purely practical reason that it's the oldest trick in the book used by elites against those under them.
Divide and conquer.
It works extremely well yes. Take any group and find some way to split it and now it's far easier to get what you want. Split it as many times as you can ideally.
Look around and pretty much every group in society has been pitted against some other group in recent times. Rich versus poor, capital versus labour, men versus women, white collar versus blue and so on. Divide and conquer that's exactly what it is.
Well dont try your choice of guv for NDISI actually failed the medical, for Bunnings.
They dont send my emails of vacancies any more.
Here you go matching outfits for a fan boyAt no time did I mention to deep throat Trump. You've just been out to sea so long that it's become habitual.
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