'N While I'm There, I'll just nip Out and Buy A Property

[bushies.girl]

Well why not? lol

[bushies.girl]

Wil send you a PM David

[davidc4430]

and the hole gets deeper

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-09/sussan-leys-taxpayer-funded-new-years-eve-trips-unanswered/816...

"Why i do declare! They were OFFICIAL trips to see my HOUSES! So i claimed them" ms Ley was thought to be heard saying under her breath as she was ringing her spin doctor.

[springyzone]

This reminds me of a politician on radio several years back. I forget who it was, but the interviewer asked a question about some tax & the rise in petrol costs and the politician replied that it really didn't affect that many people because 'most people' had work cars they were allowed to take home and their workplace was paying for the petrol.

I know that there are a lot of people who do get to use work cars. I know a few of them. I know people who run their own business and who also get to make hefty claims on work cars and everything in them.

But for a politician to assume 'most people' won't be affected shows how out of touch they really are. The people who don't have work vehicles will be a lot of your average workers-office workers, teachers, nurses, shop assistants etc. Pensioners and the unemployed won't have them either. And they are the ones most likely to be hit hard by price increases.

I sometimes think politicians really have no idea how a lot of ordinary people have to live!

[davidc4430]

dont forget that classic, 'poor people dont own cars and if they do they dont drive very far'

[lyndal1838]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

dont forget that classic, 'poor people dont own cars and if they do they dont drive very far'

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It is probably very true David.....poor people can't afford to own cars and if they do they can't afford to use them more than absolutely necessary.

Springy, we have our own business....a courier business where we can only earn an income by using a van.  Even though expenses are tax deductible we still lose out when prices such as fuel go up.  The money comes directly out of our pocket.

[davidc4430]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

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@davidc4430 wrote:

dont forget that classic, 'poor people dont own cars and if they do they dont drive very far'

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It is probably very true David.....poor people can't afford to own cars and if they do they can't afford to use them more than absolutely necessary.

Springy, we have our own business....a courier business where we can only earn an income by using a van.  Even though expenses are tax deductible we still lose out when prices such as fuel go up.  The money comes directly out of our pocket.

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i guess it all depends where you draw the line as to what is poor doesnt it?

dont own a car, your poor?

i think an awful lot of 'not poor' people with cars might argue.

[lyndal1838]

There could be two ways of looking at it David.....you don't own a car because you are too poor to buy one or run one.

Or you are not poor because you don't own a car...you don't have to find the money to buy a car and run it.

"Poor" is a very subjective word anyway....what about those who are asset rich but poor in terms of disposable income such as pensioners who own their own home.   You can't eat the doors or pay the bills with the windows.

And the working poor who work their guts out but will never be "rich" by anyone's standards.

[bushies.girl]

It would appear she has now stood aside pending further investigation/s into her numerous Gold Coast trip   .... Hopeful, it's bye, bye forever Ms Ley

[bushies.girl]

If you own your own home and dont live a extravagant lifestye, while the pension isnt a fortune, its is def enough to live on ..... I know quite a few people in this situation, all of whom see to manage quite well, run a car, go on hols. etc etc

[bright.ton42]

And I believe (if I've checked it correctly ) a single home owning pensioner can have assets of $250,000.    So someone living on the pension with those sorts of assets should be comfortable.