Budget 2017

[davidc4430]

wasnt it this government who said we had a huge debt and there needed to be huge spending cuts?

where is all the money comming from for all the sudden spending promises?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/story-streams/federal-budget-2017/2017-05-06/federal-budget-2017-cancer-f...

[tezza2844]

https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/morrisons-debt-hypocrisy-deepens-as-omino...

[youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit]

new calculator, new answer

[davidc4430]

and more cash from the mystery money tree

Budget 2017: WA Labor's Metronet road, rail plan gets $1.2b federal kickstart

http://www.abc.net.au/news/story-streams/federal-budget-2017/2017-05-07/federal-budget-2017-wa-gets-...

[davidc4430]

Budget 2017: AFP to get $321m funding boost to hire extra personnel

http://www.abc.net.au/news/story-streams/federal-budget-2017/2017-05-08/federal-budget-2017-afp-extr...

i need to get one of mr morrisons calculators so i can spend spend spend and still be seeing my debt falling.

[village_person]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

and more cash from the mystery money tree

Budget 2017: WA Labor's Metronet road, rail plan gets $1.2b federal kickstart

http://www.abc.net.au/news/story-streams/federal-budget-2017/2017-05-07/federal-budget-2017-wa-gets-...

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Relax, have some dip. There ain't no shortage of dosh and that's for sure. This morning we learn that about 870,000 non-citizens are claiming AUD$15 billion in welfare payments.

[myoclon1cjerk]

Non-citizens of course being permanent residents who may be out of work. Did they give the numbers of permanent residents who do pay tax and how many $ billions that adds up to? Let me guess the source. The Murdoch press?

[davidc4430]

if they are using centerlinks computers (most likely still running windows '95) then the figures are likely to be way off.

maybe they counted 1 guy 870,000 times?

[lyndal1838]

My OH is a permanent resident and pays enough tax per week to fund the unemployment benefits paid to two of those permanent residents.

Not all permanent residents are bludgers.

[myoclon1cjerk]

The Murdoch press deliberately used that term to give its 'come in spinner' readership the impression that they were illegals,rorters etc.