Rudd's $42 billion 'nation building' plan (4 Viewers)

[RHINO7]

What a load of horse shit!

 

[RHINO7]

That comment was made and directed towards Keven 'I'm a Tit' Rudd.

 

[SnowFox]

Why is this page on the centrelink site already?

Why doesn't Rudd just abolish the parliament?

Because the youth allowance hotline has been down for 2 days now. Been trying to get through so i can find if im eligible.

 

[incentivation]

Chairman Rudd doesn't need to abolish the parliament. He is after all the Chairman of Equality, Freedom and Democracy.

I would love to have seen the reaction of the media in the last term of the Howard Government if a $42 Billion announcement was pushed through each house without any form of scrutiny. It seems Chairman Rudd has even obtained control of the television media.

 

[Will Shakespear]

it's hard to make "free money for you" controversial, the reasons against it are too complicated

 

[Lentern]

I might have read it somewhere but at the moment I'm saying the idea came to me in a dream, if there is such concern about people saving/paying off debt with handouts or income tax cuts, why not suspend the GST during this little crisis? Thatway people only get the benefits of it if they are spending?

 

[Silver Persian]

Why is this page on the centrelink site already?

Why doesn't Rudd just abolish the parliament?

Because Howard never rushed legislation through parliament you hack.

 

[whatashotbyseve]

I wonder if Labor's arrogance is so high that they would consider a double dissolution? If they, and only they, are so right and there is absolutely no other way to avoid recession, why don't they put their (our) money where their mouth is?

 

[Lentern]

I wonder if Labor's arrogance is so high that they would consider a double dissolution? If they, and only they, are so right and there is absolutely no other way to avoid recession, why don't they put their (our) money where their mouth is?

Probably will go to the polls sooner rather then later if they are afraid recession might be around the corner. Not to mention governments like to call elections whilst opposition leadership tensions exist, 74, 83, 87. I doubt it will be a DD though.

 

[spiny norman]

I might have read it somewhere but at the moment I'm saying the idea came to me in a dream, if there is such concern about people saving/paying off debt with handouts or income tax cuts, why not suspend the GST during this little crisis? Thatway people only get the benefits of it if they are spending?

In the Senate hearings today Brown asked a member of Rudd's staff if the possibility of reducing the GST during this period was looked into. The guy said that it hadn't, but previously the GST was examined and it was determined that the whole thing was just too complex to ever really touch.

 

[ZaraKu]

I don't care how it works, I'm happy to get money, it's going towards my laptop for uni, Dell will getting a call from me in a few weeks

 

[A High Way Man]

Funy how AUs pol and US politics are kind of merging

 

[Lex152]

I agree with this completely.

I'm sorry but if people don't save it companies most likely will... Either to pay off dissavings or to credit emergency cash for the ongoing downturn or acquisition opportunities....

No solution in my mind.

 

[withoutaface]

Ditching the GST would be unlikely to lead to the full 10% drop in prices, depending on the degree to which they are demand driven.

 

[loquasagacious]

My guess is the big reason for not looking at tax cuts is that they are hard to claw back....

 

[Sicherhetsdient]

YouTube - Do You Want $950?

Fucking idiot NUS president calling students to arms against Turnbull.

He isn't for abusing Rudd over the fact not ALL students are eligable though hey.

OMFG the guy on the left is a labor left member at UTS. ROFLMAO

HAHAHAHA!


i think he is gay as well.

 

[faintygirl83]

I receive youth allowance and I work casually...if Rudd's plan is approved, will I receive both the $950 tax bonus payment and the $950 student payment?

(I obviously earnt way under $80,000 and did pay some tax).

 

[Lex152]

I'm against those one off payments, there is no real aim or purpose behind them, and the reasons that the NUS guys give (whilst a problem) don't offer any economic justification...

I guess I should state I am a member of the young labor party.

 

[Sicherhetsdient]

i approve the cash handouts if they revise the stimulus package to include me

 

[lisehoban]

Source

Hope this clears up the issue of who will get the $950.

does this apply for year 12 students on youth allowance? or do they not get it because of the "back to school bonus"??