Mr Hammer
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Brian Ross wrote on Feb 6 th, 2019 at 4:36pm: Mr Hammer wrote on Feb 5 th, 2019 at 8:10pm: mothra wrote on Feb 5 th, 2019 at 8:04pm: Mr Hammer wrote on Feb 5 th, 2019 at 7:57pm: mothra wrote on Feb 5 th, 2019 at 7:41pm: Gnads wrote on Feb 5 th, 2019 at 6:07pm: Mr Hammer wrote on Feb 5 th, 2019 at 5:54pm: After all these years of whinging the abos have never given us an alternative for Jan 26. That's because it would give away what this is really all about. What they want is a treaty day like the Maori have ( Waitangi Day). It all leads to this . They want us to pay rent and the whinging will never end until they get it. We spent $33 billion last year on rent to 500,000 people. https://theconversation.com/factcheck-qanda-is-30-billion-spent-every-year-on-50...Verdict Warren Mundine’s statement uses the most accurate and up-to-date estimate of government spending on Indigenous Australians – about $30.3 billion, according to the Productivity Commission.
However, only a small proportion of the overall Indigenous expenditure is on Indigenous-specific programs. The rest comprises the cost of providing mainstream services, such as schooling and health care, that all Australians enjoy.
His figure of 500,000 Indigenous Australians is a bit low, likely reflecting reasonably common uncertainty on this question (as well as him being on the spot on a fast-paced, live TV program).
The general point about needing “to find out where the wastage of our funding is” is important, and requires careful evaluation of the impact and cost-effectiveness of Indigenous-specific and other social programs. So directly and indirectly $60,600 is spent every year on roughly every aboriginal person while $20,900 is spent annually (directly and indirectly) on everybody else??? Please don;t tell me i need to explain it to you? Read it again. Slowly. 3.3 billion divided by 500,000 is $60,000+ for each person. Now even with essential services thrown in it's way over the $20,000 with essential services for everybody else. Prison incarceration, health services, maintaining remote communities, welfare etc all high amongst aboriginal people. I can see why they cost so much. When are they going to PAY IT BACCCKKKK! da da da. Oh, dearie, dearie, me. Innumerate are we, Hammer as well as illogical? You've missed out that 1 billion is 1,000,000,000,000, not the American "billion" which is 1,000,000,000. 1,000,000,000,000 x 3.3 = 3,300,000,000,000 3,300,000,000,000 / 500,000 = 6,600,000 Not "$60,00" as you claimed. You are out by a factor of 10. It's $33.3 billion dumbass. Not $3.3 billion. wiki- A billion in Australia is one thousand million = 1,000,000,000 = 109 Traditionally British English used "million" to mean one million million (1012), and US English to mean a thousand million. When there are differences between US and UK English, Australian English may adopt either version, or both may co-exist. I still get $66,000 doofus.
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