Can you be persuaded to vote differently?

[donnashuggy]

Or does your bias and prejudice prevent you from making a careful consideration?

I'm definitely biased and have some prejudices against the right however I could be persuaded to vote differently if someone could show me how we would all be better off.

For one, I do agree with an increase in the GST, I do believe that a closer look into welfare is not a bad thing.

Can anyone convince me that the Government hasn't lied to the voting public? That is a big one for me.

[donnashuggy]

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@amber-eyed-girl wrote:

I am like azureline, I vote for the person I think is best in the electorate. Safe seat here, so it does not much matter, my vote, but I still think about it carefully.

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That's excellent.  I think all the labelling doesn't help, there are hard working considerate people on both sides of the debate.

I just don't like the name calling and being told I am a 'hater' or 'have a welfare mentality' when obviously I don't fit either?

[boris1gary]

we pay the same GST as my Aunty who is on a pension with lots of health problems, our income is about 8.4 times more than hers, how is this fair. Income tax needs to rise, we are a low tax paying country - income tax is a fairer way than than the GST.

[catsnknots]

I could never vote for Labor or any Union biased organisation like it... I have seen the very nasty side of the Unions, death threats (one to me personally because I didn't want to join a union) , destroying a business because they can't afford to pay the wages that the Union thinks it can.... don't like them at all. 

If the Labor party honestly broke ties with the Unions.... went on their own path, got more business savvy, had a more friendly attitudes towards people with wealth and those that want to make money then I might be swayed... 

But while they are a union based party I will never vote for them... while they have majority union MP's I will not vote for them... 

Right now if I feel that the LNP were really straying off the path that they promised I would not vote for anyone at the next election... maybe an independent as I think it is a right to vote and would not feel comfortable wasting it.  I think the L& N parties are doing what they said... the majority of people knew things were going to get tough... I knew changes would be made and I owuld have to pay more for something. 

I would never vote PUP... I see that his businesses are so bad that they have not paid tax for 6 years... in fact they did so bad that they were deemed to have paid too much tax and are getting some of it back... who would want that person to run the country when he can't even run his own business... 

Greens... nope.. nothing anyone does would make me vote green.. i think they are the biggest destroyers of our economic prosperity... 

[boris1gary]

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@donnashuggy wrote:

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@amber-eyed-girl wrote:

I am like azureline, I vote for the person I think is best in the electorate. Safe seat here, so it does not much matter, my vote, but I still think about it carefully.

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That's excellent.  I think all the labelling doesn't help, there are hard working considerate people on both sides of the debate.

I just don't like the name calling and being told I am a 'hater' or 'have a welfare mentality' when obviously I don't fit either?

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I could care less what anyone calls me, I don't vote for individual personalities, doesn't matter - what is important is policy.  

[cherry*135]

Do you think the 'hame calling' exists because the current Govts supporters haven't got anything else to go on? That is, they can't argue against the facts.. election promises broken, lies, unfair Budget, wink*gate etc.

[donnashuggy]

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@boris1gary wrote:

we pay the same GST as my Aunty who is on a pension with lots of health problems, our income is about 8.4 times more than hers, how is this fair. Income tax needs to rise, we are a low tax paying country - income tax is a fairer way than than the GST.

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I do understand that, but the more you earn, the more you spend, the more gst you pay.

Those on very low incomes don't pay much tax, I agree that the filthy rich should pay more.

[i-need-a-martini]

I am biased towards Labor generally.

But I have voted Liberal (Greiner) and could be persuaded to vote for Turnbull.

[cherry*135]

boris - I would hazard a guess that you purchase more goods and services than you relative, therefore  you pay more on GST into the coffers than they do.

GST isn't on a lot of food items, health or education services.

[amber-eyed-girl]

Boris, I see your thinking. i think about both person and policy; will the person be able to represent their electorate, within the confines of expected policy...that is a factor. but, when policies change as governments are elected, I prefer to rest more weight in the person's ability to do a good job. And hopefully be a decent person.

[purplecarrot-top]

I am a labor supporter basically. Have voted Liberal a couple of times because of my local member. No way I would vote Liberal ATM.