Flood tax, carbon tax

[Jovial Monk]

That’s what I said, Pasta

Labor have been a brilliant govt.

[IQS.RLOW]

So brilliant they have just halted voluntary donations for who knows how many causes.

Why donate and get hit twice when this govt forces the next levy upon us because they are unable to be fiscally responsible

[Pastafarian]

So brilliant they have just halted voluntary donations for who knows how many causes.

Why donate and get hit twice when this govt forces the next levy upon us because they are unable to be fiscally responsible

Exactly, why donate at all. Just tax me. THat way donation is based on capacity to donate not compassion. Good idea, dude you should be in the Labor caucus.

[IQS.RLOW]

So brilliant they have just halted voluntary donations for who knows how many causes.

Why donate and get hit twice when this govt forces the next levy upon us because they are unable to be fiscally responsible

Exactly, why donate at all. Just tax me. THat way donation is based on capacity to donate not compassion. Good idea, dude you should be in the Labor caucus.

We've all seem how something Labor sets up to 'help' get administrated
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nationa ... 5991357418

HALF the funds set aside to construct and renovate houses in the remote Aboriginal community of Wadeye are going towards administration and company costs.

A leaked draft budget, prepared by the company contracted under the federal government's Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program to perform the work at Wadeye, allocates $20.642 million for administrative and establishment costs.

According to the government's published budget for SIHIP, the Wadeye package, which consists of 105 new dwellings, 167 refurbishments and 28 rebuilds, will cost $65.375m, putting the administration and establishment costs at 31.6 per cent of the total budget.

The Coalition's indigenous affairs spokesman, Nigel Scullion, said this was before the guaranteed profit for the company of up to 20 per cent that was written into the contract and the project management fees of 8 per cent were deducted from the program budget.
New Future Alliance was awarded the contract to perform the work at Wadeye. It is doing the refurbishments and rebuilds but has subcontracted most of the work on the new houses to Thamarrurr Development Corporation. Ninety out of the 105 houses planned for Wadeye are either completed or under construction.

The budget obtained by The Australian is a New Future Alliance budget.

It details the appointment of 14 supervisors and managers including one salary of $894,700 for less than two years' work. There is provision for a vacation student to be paid $25,500 for three months' work experience.

"SIHIP is intended to build or renovate houses for Aboriginal people and not to provide high-paid jobs and work experience for construction companies," Senator Scullion said.

"When you include the budget allocation of $18,000 for tea and coffee for the managers and supervisors it is no longer a mystery as to why only one-bedroom houses and limited maintenance is all that can be delivered to the residents of Wadeye."

Dude, you should just move to Venezuela if you want to be in nappys and trust the govt to look after you

[IQS.RLOW]

Yeeeeep- they've fucked it up again
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation ... 5995785817

MIDDLE and high-income earners will bear the brunt of a one-off tax increase to pay for Queensland's post-flood reconstruction as Julia Gillard prepares for a tough battle to secure the crucial support of the Greens and independents for the levy and deep spending cuts.

The Prime Minister has yet to lock in the backing of crossbenchers for her two-tiered levy, which will raise $1.8 billion next financial year and is designed to ensure the federal government can meet its election promise to return the budget to surplus.

Middle Australian's will hate them
Older retirees already hate them
The Greens will roast them (most cuts are coming from the huge waste that is enviro rubbish)
The independents will have their hands outs

...and the Coalition will win

No one would trust these fucks with a levy in any case. It would be wide open for rorts judging by their previous endeavours

[IQS.RLOW]

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/busines ... 5995740710

Industry calls the govt fuckwits

[Leftwinger]

"Slam" is such a dramatic word. Makes a great headline but as soon as the article gets underway, they tone it down to "criticise"

THE business community has criticised the Gillard government's plan to hit taxpayers earning more than $50,000 a year with a levy to pay for damage caused by floods across eastern Australian.

OK, fair enough. Of course it does mean that a lot of of households will pay a tiny, barely noticable sum and many will actually have to pay nothing at all.

Australian Industry Group chief Heather Ridout is less "slamming"...

BUSINESS chief Heather Ridout has thrown her support behind a hike in the Medicare levy to pay for flood reconstruction, but warned the government must be transparent about where the money goes.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-dept ... 5994809507

Hockey shoots his mouth off again (same link as above )..

Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey attacked the levy hike as a “dumb idea” today, saying Australians were already struggling with flood-related price rises.

“What's even worse is that flood victims will have to pay this levy, they have been affected by the floods and then they are now going to have to pay the levy,” he said.

I guess the OO could have verballed Joe regarding his flood-victims-will-have-to-pay-the-levy remark - it doesn't appear to be the case..

Labor's Kirsten Livermore says the exemption for flood victims is a crucial issue in her electorate.

"Anyone who received an Australian Government disaster recovery payment will be exempt from that levy, so the process for receiving that claim has been managed through Centrelink and they will have their details there in order for the Government to track where those payments have gone," she said.

"As a representative of some of the flood affected areas I do welcome the Prime Minister's concession that those directly affected by the floods won't be asked to make that contribution.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011 ... ate=(none)

Or Joe might have just farted out something embarrasingly stupid - which he's prone to doing.

[IQS.RLOW]

Oh look, Monk has called in his little friend for support

OK, fair enough. Of course it does mean that a lot of of households will pay a tiny, barely noticable sum and many will actually have to pay nothing at all.

Obviously principles mean nothing to you but cynical ploys do. Slug the top end the most for the tax as they won't be voting for us anyway is Ghoulias MO

If this govt hadn't pissed so many dollars up against the wall then there would be no need for the extra tax. There still isn't, but they are trying to stave off the deficit before the next election that they know they would have (even without the floods this govt couldn't keep the books in order) due to their mishandling of a robust economy.

This will end up as a biiig backfire
Sink these fucks now before they can do any more damage

[boxy]

It wasn't about defence of a political party it was who I voted for

You have done nothing but defend the labor party in here so forgive me if I find your claims of voting for libs laughable

Give it up, pasta... unless you get down on all fours, and lick Tony Abbott's arse clean*, IQ will never believe you to be "impartial"






* but don't get too concerned, it's already pretty clean... IQ has been working on it for quite a while

[IQS.RLOW]

It wasn't about defence of a political party it was who I voted for

You have done nothing but defend the labor party in here so forgive me if I find your claims of voting for libs laughable

Give it up, pasta... unless you get down on all fours, and lick Tony Abbott's arse clean*, IQ will never believe you to be "impartial"






* but don't get too concerned, it's already pretty clean... IQ has been working on it for quite a while

Care to contribute something worthwhile?