Saturday, February 12, 2011

Random

ok I really want to blog just to let you all know I'm still alive.....  but I am too dead tired to blog about something really in depth and I can't think of anything political that can be blogged about quickly. 

having just said that, what does everyone think of Julia Gillard's flood levy?  for those of you who don't know what that is its basically Julia saying that even though a heap of Australians have already donated millions of dollars toward the flood clean up (all of that money going to the Government mind you.  Not the people with mud all through their homes) their donations aren't good enough so she's gonna slap 'em with a tax as well.  but that's a slightly biased view of it.  just to be fair here is a few bits and pieces from an email I received from her.  (don't ask me what I'm doing on her mailing list)

"I know Australians will understand some difficult decisions have to be made so I want you to hear about them directly from me. This is my plan for Australia to fight back after the floods and it will be presented to the Parliament this week.
First, we are giving money directly to people who have been hit by the floods. We’ve already helped out half a million Australians with this cash.  
Second, we will pay for up to three quarters of the work done by State Governments to rebuild flood-damaged infrastructure – like roads and railways. This is vital for long-term recovery.  
And third, I’ve also made some important decisions so we can do all this work and bring the Budget back to surplus on time."

she then craps goes, on a bit about how committed she is to returning the budget to surplus.... blah blah blah.....
"That's why, to fund rebuilding after the floods, I've cut back on many spending programs and also announced a one-off, one year levy starting on 1 July.
The levy is designed to be fair. Sixty per cent of taxpayers will contribute less than $1 extra per week.
Importantly, this levy is completely separate from donations. Donations are helping victims in their time of need. This levy will be helping to rebuild things like roads, bridges and ports.
My plan is in the national interest. It is the best way to fight back from the floods."

so I think the last sentence is saying something along the lines of, "I've wasted all you taxpayers money but I can't tell you that so I'm going to put a one year tax in place using the floods as an excuse so I can fix up a couple of roads round the place and look good for the media."  please pardon my sarcasm tonight, Its been a long week and I'm really tired. 


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yes this blog is in all different fonts,  its just cause I'm clever.

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