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    <title>topic Re: this is a excellent budget in Community Spirit</title>
    <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1250263#M331021</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;MrGrizz,&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-body"&gt;&lt;DIV class="lia-message-body-content"&gt;&lt;P&gt;for the first time in years the cash cow.....me......single, no kids hasn't been spanked.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;and i will be paying less for your kids......you know the ones that you decided to have not me.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;You have not paid one cent towards my children. I have raised five children on my own and four stepchildren. All without Baby Bonus or Childcare Allowances and a misery 50cent a fortnight for Child Endowment. All of them working in well paid jobs. Seven Grandchildren also working in full time jobs.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;All of them pay taxes. One of my sons pays four times the amount in taxes than what I receive on pension. How much the others pay I do not know, because I never ask. Now my grandchildren and my greatgrandchildren will pay taxes to subsidise your needs in old age. Self funded retiree or not. Your health insurance will slug you for part of every treatment you may need in future. Future Governments will change the rules acording to their way of grabbing money you worked so hard for and saved.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;My husband and I worked and paid taxes for more than 50 years, with the promise from the Government of those days that part of our taxes are marked for our pension.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;Now Joe Hockey and Tony Abbott decide that we are not entitled to that payment and are going to rip out of our meagre life whatever they can.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Budget 2014-05-20&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The following is for &amp;nbsp;anyone of retiring age ( pensioners and self-funded retirees) or those that have parents/in-laws that are retired.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I know a lot of aged pensioners here (NSW) take advantage of the travel discount.. they can travel on the train anywhere in NSW for $2.50. Get on a train around 9am and it is full of retirees.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Budget's secret sting for pensioners and mature aged workers.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Pensioners, mature-age workers and self-funded retirees will be stung sooner than expected by the budget.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Those eligible for the part pension from next January will be hit by an effective 50 per cent tax as super payments are included in both means tests, financial advisers warn.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Worse, after July 1 this year those on concession cards which are available to pensioners could lose as much as $2000 a year, says Louise Biti, head of technical services at Strategy Steps, which advises financial planners.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;The pension concession and Commonwealth Seniors Health cards offer &lt;U&gt;travel, electricity, phone and council rate discounts&lt;/U&gt; in an agreement with the states.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;But buried in the budget documents the government reveals it will be "terminating" this agreement after July 1, saving &amp;nbsp;$1.3 billion over four years.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;"It will hurt pensioners the most. This will cost $1000 to $2000 a year&lt;/STRONG&gt;. No one was expecting that. Since it's not a direct payment to pensioners the government didn't want to highlight this," Biti says.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The separate&lt;STRONG&gt; abolition on September 20 of the "seniors supplement" attached to the Seniors Health card for self-funded retirees will cost couples $1320 a year.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Read more:&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="http://www.smh.com.au/money/budgets-secret-sting-for-pensioners-and-matureage-workers-20140516-zreh5.html#ixzz32DwwaqoP" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.smh.com.au/money/budgets-secret-sting-for-pensioners-and-matureage-workers-20140516-zreh5...&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;Those concessions helped us lead a reasonable life and to be able to pay our bills. Now our utility bills will be greater, we will have to pay car registration at full cost and pay more for every Doctors visit etc. etc. We need our car as we live in a small country town and public transport is only to Melbourne and back, but our Hospitals and Specialists are in towns we can not access with public transport.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;We only have one Grocery Store in our town. No choice of buying specials in different Stores. One year ago our fortnightly grocery bill was around $140.- and the occasional extra milk and bread or fruit. Now our grocery bill for the same staples is around $180.- Slowly the prices have crept up, but the pension has nowhere near increased to make shopping even.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;Yes, mrgrizz, this is an excellent budget!&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;For shortsighted and selfish people perhaps?&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;Feed the Fat Cats.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;Erica&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 07:08:39 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>lind9650</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-05-20T07:08:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>this is a excellent budget</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249113#M330735</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;for the first time in years the cash cow.....me......single, no kids hasn't been spanked.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;and i will be paying less for your kids......you know the ones that you decided to have not me&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 01:26:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>*mrgrizz*</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T01:26:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: this is a excellent budget</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249125#M330738</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Ah, yes, those kids who will grow up to provide the services that you need....&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 01:30:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>bluecat*dancing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T01:30:35Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: this is a excellent budget</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249135#M330740</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/239046"&gt;@bluecat*dancing&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;Ah, yes, those kids who will grow up to provide the services that you need....&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;yes and i will pay for that service, when and as i need it.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 01:31:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>*mrgrizz*</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T01:31:56Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: this is a excellent budget</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249145#M330741</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;That's nice for you! enjoy!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 01:33:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>azureline**</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T01:33:01Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: this is a excellent budget</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249149#M330742</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;good one mrgrizz, made me laugh out loud, always appreciated. Comedy thread of the day - thanks.&amp;nbsp;&lt;img id="womanlol" class="emoticon emoticon-womanlol" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_woman-lol.png" alt="Woman LOL" title="Woman LOL" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 01:33:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>boris1gary</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T01:33:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: this is a excellent budget</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249177#M330748</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;no i am serious.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;has always been a bone of contention for me.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;why should i be paying for your kids. should be no FTB A, FTB B, baby bonus, paid parental leave and what ever else that is able to be collected&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 01:44:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>*mrgrizz*</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T01:44:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: this is a excellent budget</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249279#M330771</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;Will you be a self-funded retiree?&amp;nbsp; Paying your own medical expenses?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Will you be claiming pensioner rebates&amp;nbsp; on rates, &amp;nbsp;car rego, utilities?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The list goes on.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;EM&gt; Everybody pays for everybody&lt;/EM&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 02:16:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249279#M330771</guid>
      <dc:creator>imastawka</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T02:16:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: this is a excellent budget</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249289#M330773</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/70548"&gt;@*mrgrizz*&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;for the first time in years the cash cow.....me......single, no kids hasn't been spanked.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;and i will be paying less for your kids......you know the ones that you decided to have not me&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Yes it doesn't affect us in any major way, either Grizz. Maybe that's just because wer'e ordinary Australians. Paying an extra $7 to visit the GP perhaps is a bit&amp;nbsp; hum ha.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Then again we don't have kids. Then again we don't get any family benefits either.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 02:19:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>icyfroth</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T02:19:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: this is a excellent budget</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249315#M330780</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Well that is true I suppose.&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 14.04px; line-height: 16.38px;"&gt;You &lt;U&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;won't&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&amp;nbsp;be having to pay for lower and average earners to have kids.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;But you seem to have forgotten that you will now be paying for rich women to have kids.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I know who I would prefer my money to go to...&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 02:26:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>i-need-a-martini</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T02:26:58Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: this is a excellent budget</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249333#M330783</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/70548"&gt;@*mrgrizz*&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/239046"&gt;@bluecat*dancing&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;Ah, yes, those kids who will grow up to provide the services that you need....&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;yes and i will pay for that service, when and as i need it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;they may not be there or qualified to give you the services you expect and need when you want to use them&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;expect the quality of service you may wish for to go downhill&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 02:30:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>izabsmiling</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T02:30:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: this is a excellent budget</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249357#M330789</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/70548"&gt;@*mrgrizz*&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;for the first time in years the cash cow.....me......single, no kids hasn't been spanked.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;and i will be paying less for your kids......you know the ones that you decided to have not me&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you don't have children you don't pay anything for them.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Your taxes go to general revenue not to any women or children that you accuse of taking money from you.. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 02:34:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>freakiness</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T02:34:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: this is a excellent budget</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249401#M330799</link>
      <description>Do you think that is the only thing your taxes pay for?&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;I am happy to pay my $7 to see the doctor. Have private health cover, pay for my own glasses which cost me near to $900 plus private dentist. Pay GST and fuel excise plus all other taxes except income tax. I am unhappy with the the way this budget targets the aged, disabled and those who do need a helping hand. Lots could have been done to make it fairer. Sharing the pain, what a load of bull manure.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 02:50:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>purplecarrot-top</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T02:50:28Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: this is a excellent budget</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249405#M330800</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;This budget is a FAIL - cuts spending but no increase in taxes.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;States &amp;amp; Terroritories going to have a $80bn shortfall in grants from the Fed Govt.. for schools and hospitals in 2018 (or earlier).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The States will be forced to increase taxes (GST?) to cover the shortfall.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 02:52:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>cherry*135</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T02:52:38Z</dc:date>
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      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249415#M330804</link>
      <description>I think it is a set up to increase GST. Starve the states of important funding, let the premiers do a song and dance about it. Oh dear, we need to raise the rate of GST. JMO.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 02:56:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>purplecarrot-top</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T02:56:01Z</dc:date>
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      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249421#M330807</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Compulsary sterilization for the entire population. That would cut out the need for any type of child benefit.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;After all nature didn't intend for all specie to perpetuate itself, live for now. Future popular bah..luxury, thats someone elses job. Leave that to the "ordinary" people......or did I get that wrong?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Would also reduce competition for jobs so that would solve unemplyment benefit too.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Someone else should pay for kids, pay for their education and start in life, so that I can have a doctor/dentist/plumber/ to attend to my needs. These can be supplied by the "ordinary' people at their own expense&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 02:59:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>lane-ends</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T02:59:23Z</dc:date>
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      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249443#M330812</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Remember when parents where actually responsible for&amp;nbsp;raising their children?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 03:08:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>icyfroth</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T03:08:38Z</dc:date>
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      <description>&lt;P&gt;martini wrote:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;But you seem to have forgotten that you will now be paying for rich women to have kids.&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;What are your thoughts on that Mr Grizz ( the new paid parental leave scheme)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 03:10:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249449#M330813</guid>
      <dc:creator>cherry*135</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T03:10:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: this is a excellent budget</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249463#M330820</link>
      <description>Yes we were responsible for our children. Jobs were easier to get as well. We struggled at times. Hubby was seldom out of work, it was businesses who thought we could live on nothing that was our problem. I for one was grateful when they brought in the larger payments for family, though most of mine had grown up. I think most are grateful for what they get. The increases in welfare are not the sole doing of labor governments,. Baby bonus, anyone?</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 03:20:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249463#M330820</guid>
      <dc:creator>purplecarrot-top</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T03:20:48Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: this is a excellent budget</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249467#M330821</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I think its far from a fail, plus we all will get use to it, we always do.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 03:21:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249467#M330821</guid>
      <dc:creator>crystal**flake</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T03:21:40Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: this is a excellent budget</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249471#M330823</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;No complaining anyone, when the GST goes up to cover the shortfall in grants for hospitals and schools.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The Budget didn't increase taxes, that doesnt mean the States &amp;amp; Terrorities won't be forced to, due to the Budget cuts,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This Budget is not like previous ones, it is the worst one ever presented.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 03:24:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/this-is-a-excellent-budget/m-p/1249471#M330823</guid>
      <dc:creator>cherry*135</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-20T03:24:33Z</dc:date>
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