this is a excellent budget

[*mrgrizz*]

for the first time in years the cash cow.....me......single, no kids hasn't been spanked.

and i will be paying less for your kids......you know the ones that you decided to have not me

[cherry*135]

PCT - The increases in welfare are not the sole doing of labor governments

Correct, John Howard is the 'father' of the Family Tax Benefit.

[crystal**flake]

I feel a budget is a fail (in someones opinion) if you have missed out or had something taken away.

[crystal**flake]

The $7 fee is exempt for children 16 and under.

[izabsmiling]

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@crystal**flake wrote:

I feel a budget is a fail (in someones opinion) if you have missed out or had something taken away.

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So you feel that a budget is a fail or not only based on how you think it affects you personally here and now ?

[*mrgrizz*]

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@freakiness wrote:

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@*mrgrizz* wrote:

for the first time in years the cash cow.....me......single, no kids hasn't been spanked.

and i will be paying less for your kids......you know the ones that you decided to have not me

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If you don't have children you don't pay anything for them.

Your taxes go to general revenue not to any women or children that you accuse of taking money from you..  

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well as a taxpayer, i am paying for other peoples kids.

i don't mind educating them, or providing hospitals for sick ones.

but if you decide to have kids why should your income be topped up by the government? if you can't afford them don't have them...simple really.

i would like lots of things i can't afford, where is the line for the hand outs?

i have already stated i do not support paid parental leave.

[crystal**flake]

No Iza, you didn't read my post in the right way.

[izabsmiling]

Treasurer Joe Hockey flags changes to superannuation rules before next election

Updated 1 hour 57 minutes ago

Mr Hockey told host Tony Jones that the Government would have "more to say about retirement incomes further down the track".

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-20/hockey-flags-changes-to-superannuation-before-next-election/54...

[cherry*135]

These changes announced in the Budget may affect those on higher incomes.

Other budget booby traps include:

• The fringe benefits tax rising to 49 per cent for those earning over $180,000 paying the deficit levy.
  
  
• The franking credit from dividends drops from 30 to 28.5 per cent after July 1, 2015.
  
  
• A freeze on the thresholds for the private health insurance rebate and Medicare levy surcharge from July 1, 2015. This will reduce the value of the rebate for some and push others into the surcharge as wages rise.
  
  

[crystal**flake]

Well they would have to look at super if they have changed the retiring age from 67 to 70, I think its a good idea, more savings.  Of course there should be room for exemptions.

[izabsmiling]

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@crystal**flake wrote:

No Iza, you didn't read my post in the right way.

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Do you think every one 'other than you' including MP's who don't approve of  it fail it based only on how it affects them as individuals ?