I'm with you apart from the private school bit - if we stopped funding them the education system would collapse within 2 years. It's much cheaper to make the rich richer than to try and bring everyone to the lowest common denominator.
_____ From: nswolves@googlegroups.com [mailto:nswolves@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rog & Reet Sent: Thursday, 27 January 2011 7:43 PM To: nswolves@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [BTMO] Flood levy Why don't they scrap things that really are useless? Middle class welfare would be a great start. Health insurance subsidies that are a middle class tax dodge and also give money to hypochondriacs who visit charlatans like reiki practitioners. The billions wasted on stinking rich private and religious schools. School chaplaincy program. Baby bonuses and associated perks that encourage over population. Involvement in unwinnable wars started by the war mad septics. MPs and ex MPs outrageous perks. We'd save millions straight away by sending the lying Rodent to the Hague to be tried with other war criminals. Then get some proper money in. Make the corporate tax for rip off merchants, such as mining companies and banks, 75%. All corporate bonuses to be taxed at a flat rate of 80%. Make religious organisations pay tax and rates. The tax rate for junk food companies should be 98%, the same level as the fat and sugar in their garbage. From: nswolves@googlegroups.com [mailto:nswolves@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marcus Chantry Sent: Thursday, 27 January 2011 4:26 PM To: nswolves@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [BTMO] Flood levy Why don't they ditch the stupid NBN white elephant that is going to be out of date before it's even rolled out. That would give them about $40b to rebuild infrastructure. From: nswolves@googlegroups.com [mailto:nswolves@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steven Millward Sent: Thursday, 27 January 2011 4:22 PM To: nswolves@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [BTMO] Flood levy And so true. They are terrified of not getting back into surplus by 2013 and so won't borrow the money, which is what a government should do in this situation. You can also guarantee that if the budget is suddenly further in the black one year than expected they'll find some waste of money to spunk it on rather than give it back. On 27 January 2011 15:49, Marcus Chantry <marcus.chan...@macquarie.com> wrote: Had to laugh at this comment that someone put up on the SMH website about the flood levy: So.... swany and co blow the surplus on dodgy insulation schemes and throwing $900 to dead people, non australians and bogans to buy a plasma tele's, smokes and pokies and then demand everyone pay it back because suddenly the kitty is bare for infrastructure rebuilding? Priceless economic mismanagement by a group of labor hacks that have never even run a school canteen The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way and should destroy any copies. Macquarie does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Macquarie. -- Boo! Thick Mick Out! -- Boo! Thick Mick Out! -- Boo! Thick Mick Out! -- Boo! Thick Mick Out! -- Boo! Thick Mick Out!
