Australians get $1000 for Christmas

thefellow

Just been speaking to my friend in Australia today,and she tells me they got a nice surprise in the bank this week $1000 for dependant children to help with the recession!!!!

Why cant we have a pick me up like that????:mad:

asandwhen

Because Gordon Brown sold our gold reserves for 67p

overlander

Because of severe economic mis-management by brown we do not have a pot to p*ss in.

Zelie

And also, because there's not really much point shafting one group of people in order to help another. This will be paid for with taxation. It would seriously !!!! me off if it was done here.

Masomnia

1. Inflationary problems.

2. Ordinary single people have enough on their plates. Government action needs to be aimed at everyone, or it won't work.

sabretoothtigger

I think Generali said they have no government debt at present, they have alot more leeway then us to do whatever it takes like brown always says

adr0ck

Zelie wrote: »

And also, because there's not really much point shafting one group of people in order to help another. This will be paid for with taxation. It would seriously !!!! me off if it was done here.

why?

families with children are getting money and so are pensioners

whats wrong with that?

Generali

The payout is $1k per child for poorer/middle income families (complex calculation but basically you have to qualify for one of 3 types of payment), $1050 for a single pensioner/war widow and $1400 for a pensioner couple.

The exhortation is to spend the cash, preferably on Australian goods or services. The fear is that in rural places it'll be spent by wife beating alcoholics on booze. Largely that's yet to be realised except in Broome.

Australia has a small budget surplus but won't for much longer. There is no net Government debt although there is gross debt of 15% of GDP.

Frankly, better to give it people than to give it to banks.

Lotus-eater

In Futurama everyone on the planet got a tax rebate, the 99c shops put there price up to this exact amount.
Want a bet that some investment vehicles that promote a $1000 initial input will spring up?

beecher

adr0ck wrote: »

why?

families with children are getting money and so are pensioners

whats wrong with that?

I'd be angry if I was a low earning single person who gained nothing while middle earning people with children received a bonus. A lot of single people are sick of hearing the phrase 'hard working families' as it seems to imply that people with children work harder than those without children.

There were a lot of comments on the online Australian press stating anger at this perceived discrimination.

adr0ck

beecher wrote: »

I'd be angry if I was a low earning single person who gained nothing while middle earning people with children received a bonus. A lot of single people are sick of hearing the phrase 'hard working families' as it seems to imply that people with children work harder than those without children.

There were a lot of comments on the online Australian press stating anger at this perceived discrimination.

don't see the problem with it myself

those children will be paying the pensions of the low earning single person when their retired

i would think of it as a contribution to my pension