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Reply #255 - Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 12:57pm

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I had a gardener come around, window cleaners, guys to wash the two cars etc - paying into Victoria and the local economy.
You - allegedly a great citizen - didn't do any of those things.

I couldn't AFFORD staff - even when I worked full time - I paid the

FULL rate of income tax

(though on top of the building cost, Ive spent mutiple tens of K's employing local trades people)

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Andrei.Hicks Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23818 Carlsbad, CA Gender:	Re: GILLARDS FLOOD LEVY Reply #256 - Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:16pm Explain how you justify criticising my time in Australia when I paid more than you over a comparable period. Because its hypocrisy to me.
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Reply #257 - Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:17pm

philperth2010 wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 7:22am:

Please delete wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 6:24am:

philperth2010 wrote on Feb 1^st, 2011 at 7:38pm:

Please delete wrote on Feb 1^st, 2011 at 7:31pm:

whatsforme wrote on Feb 1^st, 2011 at 7:28pm:

<<Still stalking and flaming and adding nothing, I see, mr whatsforme.>>

Never mind princess I promise never to take the title of Mr Nothing away from you.

Why me, whatsforme?

What do I do that so drives you to post garbage like this, without connection to the thread?

It's a genuine surprise if something I post is not followed by some childish comment from you.

So what's the issue? What is your problem?

You reply to the dick head!!!

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And will continue to do so while he keeps poisoning these boards.

Whats the old saying about people who keep silent?

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)

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on the other side, the 'argument from silence' is also the WEAKEST argument.

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Reply #259 - Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:27pm

AUSTRALIA'S planned new flood levy is sound fiscal policy, a senior analyst at Moody's Investors Service said today, flying in the face of a barrage of criticism for the measure from opponents who say it is an unnecessary burden on taxpayers
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The comments by Steven Hess, a New York-based senior credit officer in Moody's sovereign risk group, runs counter to a storm of opposition to the government's $1.8 billion tax designed to offset reconstruction costs after flooding wrecked swathes of Queensland.

The state of Queensland makes up some 20 per cent of Australia's $1.3 trillion economy and supplies close to two-thirds of the seaborne trade in the high-grade coking coal used for steelmaking, and the floods have already punched a $5.6bn hole in the federal budget.

Says Mr Hess of Moody’s:

“The levy shows the strong fiscal discipline in Australia.”

Mr Hess, who is Moody's top analyst for the US and Australia, was speaking with Dow Jones Newswires in an interview.

“The Prime Minister's commitment to returning to a balanced position is evidence there is a very strong discipline in Australia,” he said.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/moodys-counters-opposition-to-prime-min...

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Reply #260 - Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:28pm

Please delete wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:24pm:

And the least likely to get any form of action ....

Not into passive aggression.

yet you state you are not into personal attacks - yet have failed on that front on numerous occasions no?

Plus for some bizarre reason you seem to feel the need (along with smithy too) to go into bat for vegi as well?

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Re: GILLARDS FLOOD LEVY
Reply #261 - Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:32pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:16pm:

Explain how you justify criticising my time in Australia when I paid more than you over a comparable period.

Because its hypocrisy to me.

On THAT basis, you should "butt out" COMPLETELY - as you pay NOTHING NOW

You PAID more tax than me, because you EARN'T more than me
DEMOCRACY - Australian style - is not based on income

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Reply #262 - Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:45pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:28pm:

Please delete wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:24pm:

And the least likely to get any form of action ....

Not into passive aggression.

yet you state you are not into personal attacks - yet have failed on that front on numerous occasions no?

Plus for some bizarre reason you seem to feel the need (along with smithy too) to go into bat for vegi as well?

When was my last "personal attack"? I presume you mean upon yourself? I have tried VERY hard to avoid getting personal.

As for my abhorrence of your abuse towards veg, I will continue, when and as the situation merits.

Why do you feel the need to berate and belittle another poster?

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Please delete Gold Member Offline Please delete this smacking PROFILE Posts: 2936	Re: GILLARDS FLOOD LEVY Reply #264 - Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 3:44pm whatsforme wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 3:41pm: <<Why do you feel the need to berate and belittle another poster?>> Because like you vegetable is an idiot. Ah, gotthehotsforme is back
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Reply #265 - Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 5:00pm

nichy wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 10:01am:

Dice the idea of a "Flood Levy", and create a "Disaster Fund" especially in view of the fact that now parts of Qld. are facing the disaster of a Cat. 5 Cyclone. As summer progresses there is the liklihood of very bad bushfires too.

Cor I sound like a portent of doom ! but the facts are that Australia does have these disastrous events on a fairly regular basis, so a Disaster Fund makes more sense.

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nich when I think of all the money they get NOW.. we should automatically have a disaster fund..we shouldnt be begging the few for a levy...ok this cyclone is different it would be the same as a massive earthquake.. but a normal disaster in this country happens at least once a year..some more so than other, some bigger than others... the govt should already be prepared..

now you watch they will go for a disaster fund but guess who will fund it????.. certainly not consolidated revenue..they have already admitted they cant afford to pay reservists to help with the disaster..

we are to busy spending money on cleaning up the mess of all those misguided programs..and the NBN is so precious it cant wait..but the planet can..lol

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Reply #266 - Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 5:03pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:28pm:

Please delete wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:24pm:

And the least likely to get any form of action ....

Not into passive aggression.

yet you state you are not into personal attacks - yet have failed on that front on numerous occasions no?

Plus for some bizarre reason you seem to feel the need (along with smithy too) to go into bat for vegi as well?

hey andrei we had a discussion on whether USA govt has a disaster fund .. or whether they have a levy everytime a tornado rips through the place..

how do the people over there carry on after all is lost??

would you be able to insure your home if you lived in a tornado prone zone?

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Reply #267 - Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 5:09pm

cods wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 5:03pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:28pm:

Please delete wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:24pm:

And the least likely to get any form of action ....

Not into passive aggression.

yet you state you are not into personal attacks - yet have failed on that front on numerous occasions no?

Plus for some bizarre reason you seem to feel the need (along with smithy too) to go into bat for vegi as well?

hey andrei we had a discussion on whether USA govt has a disaster fund .. or whether they have a levy everytime a tornado rips through the place..

how do the people over there carry on after all is lost??

would you be able to insure your home if you lived in a tornado prone zone?

From most accounts I've read, the disaster response was absolutely woeful in the wake of Katrina - it has been suggested that this was because the worst affected demographic (poor and predominantly non-white people) didn't rate high on the list of priorities for the Bush Administration...

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Reply #268 - Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 5:15pm

cods wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 5:03pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:28pm:

Please delete wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:24pm:

And the least likely to get any form of action ....

Not into passive aggression.

yet you state you are not into personal attacks - yet have failed on that front on numerous occasions no?

Plus for some bizarre reason you seem to feel the need (along with smithy too) to go into bat for vegi as well?

hey andrei we had a discussion on whether USA govt has a disaster fund .. or whether they have a levy everytime a tornado rips through the place..

how do the people over there carry on after all is lost??

would you be able to insure your home if you lived in a tornado prone zone?

Will Julia demand another Levy for the Cyclone to assist the corporate master race victims to get the"economy going" and will we get an in skills migration for the reconstruction? Opportunistic predators?

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Reply #269 - Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 5:53pm

Equitist wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 5:09pm:

cods wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 5:03pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:28pm:

Please delete wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2011 at 1:24pm:

And the least likely to get any form of action ....

Not into passive aggression.

yet you state you are not into personal attacks - yet have failed on that front on numerous occasions no?

Plus for some bizarre reason you seem to feel the need (along with smithy too) to go into bat for vegi as well?

hey andrei we had a discussion on whether USA govt has a disaster fund .. or whether they have a levy everytime a tornado rips through the place..

how do the people over there carry on after all is lost??

would you be able to insure your home if you lived in a tornado prone zone?

From most accounts I've read, the disaster response was absolutely woeful in the wake of Katrina - it has been suggested that this was because the worst affected demographic (poor and predominantly non-white people) didn't rate high on the list of priorities for the Bush Administration...

yes nem I think most of us remember that and it was shameful however I am talking about money.... where do they get the money to fix up the country after such devastation???...

I tell you another shamful place is Haiti.. can you imagine us putting up with that 12 months after the quake?..how can this be I dont understand it.they are still in squaller and rubble and no hope..hell in other words.

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