Here's mine.

1. Abolish/ don't introduce all govt funded parental leave. They're your kids, look after them yourselves.
I realise this entails breaking an election policy but we all make mistakes.
2. Abolish child care rebates for family incomes above say $70,000. They're your kids, look after them yourselves.
3. Abolish family "tax" payments for family incomes above say $70,000. Government should only be there to top up income for the needy.
4. Significantly stiffen the income/assets test for age pension. If you have enough money to look after yourself, then do it.

We have had enough time now to see what happens to countries with welfare systems that are too generous. Govt should be there for the needy, not for those who just would like to have more.

There are probably more nasties I could add but that will do for now.

You need to be more specific about what middle class wealthfare is.
And if you want to abolish that, why not do something about removing the age pension from people who don't need it?
The fed govt doesn't hire nurses, doctors, teachers or most police, so these are not fed budget matters.

I thought you had more sense, your ladyship, to follow on with his suggestions which at the very least need some modification.
Added to what I said in response to SOB, the feds don't technically supply education either. It's a state matter.

You are aware GST is a regressive tax, so increasing it to 17.5 is going to hurt the poor more. That said, some increase, say to 12.5 is inevitable.
I thought business cars still had to be supported by log books? The trouble is, how many can the tATO look at.
Land tax has always been a state tax, As far as I know it still applies and does exempt owner occupied dwelling.

I always say what they give on the roundabout they take back on the swings....

so I will ask for

BETTER VALUE FOR MY TAX DOLLAR...

my greatest whinge is the gold passes they all get when they leave get the sack whatever... it should go.. once and for all..

along with all the overseas travel they feel they are entitled too..

I missed one of your smithy.
The going rate for super income above $100K? That's overly generous I would say.
I'd like to see it at about the level at which pension entitlement ceases, which has got to be a lot less than $100K.

bogarde73 wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2014 at 10:00am:


Yes personally I'd like to see it around the 52K
$1000 can be earned every week & you pay no tax on it.
If your over 65 & can't live on that well its the old grasshopper/ant tale & you've only got yourself to blame.
But it seems the richer you are the more you expect.
"Ive paid tax , I deserve X"

alevine,
Funding to private schools should be looked at as a return on the education component of tax, which the parents have already paid. Surely all parents are entitled to some return for that part of the tax dollar.
If you're going to say in response, let all the kids go to public schools, you're really making an idealogical argument.
Apart from that, there are not enough public schools to cope.
The same arguments can be put for the private health rebate.

As to mining, what handouts do you have in mind? You are surely not talking about the depreciation allowances on plant, to which all businesses are entitled as an operating cost.