welfare reform

[dellynt]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/a-tale-of-two-families-sydneys-work-and-welfare-divide/sto...

welfare reform 'has to happen

40 per cent of children from jobless households on welfare by age 20

39 per cent of children follow parents’ footsteps and live off taxpayer

12 per cent of children under 14 are growing up in jobless families

[poddster]

Ele does that hold true for Labor upper echelon as well?

[j*oono]

Sometimes when someone tries to show off their intellect, they really come off like a total numbnuts.

She_el, you are correct 😄

[gleee58]

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@poddster wrote:

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@gleee58 wrote:

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@poddster wrote:

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@gleee58 wrote:

What happened to your skunk?

The urge to rewrite another posters comment to add the required twist for your mockery was too much to resist, was it?

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Is that how you view an opposing viewpoint? As mockery?

Is that part and parcel of the Labor mantra?

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No, it's not how I view an opposing viewpoint.  It is how I view the comment I replied to, which was not an opposing viewpoint and was a mocking insult directed at another poster.

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Thank you for clarifying your viewpoint for all to see 🙂

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You forgot to include the mocking comment I replied to.

"Deadly weapon?? Do you mean that being part of a proactive, disciplined team with the ability to generate some original thought would be a deadly weapon against the Labor ethos?

Are you people serious?"

[poddster]

I totally agree with your first statement J

The proof is there for all to see 🙂

[gleee58]

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@poddster wrote:

This is not a Dead Skunk thread.

The skunk is reserved for threads that qualify.

The comments from the other two posters are direct comments of theirs, yes I have questioned their comments, it is a pity they didn't question them before making such outlandish ridiculously statements

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And no, this thread fits perfectly with your qualification.

A Dead Skunk Thread is like a kid bringing a dead skunk to school and inviting the other kids to kick it around the schoolyard but not actually participating the the kicking around. The kid is only motivated by the twisted pleasure of watching other kids kicking it around.

[***super_nova***]

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@opmania wrote:

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I wouldn't expect you to agree but instead of trying to discredit everyone elses opinion that you do not agree with maybe you could put your own ideas forward about the topic - welfare reform

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Just explain how can the 800 000+ people needing work all get a job if there is only about 150 000 jobs available, and most are part time, which is not enough to support most people.  No amount of welfare reforms is going to change those facts. 

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[lionrose.7]

Is this the grumpy thread LOL

[poddster]

A 2 year national service would go a fair way to take up the shortfall. And not only in the military

The unemployed recipients are already being paid by the taxpayer with no return from them back to the taxpayer.

Get the dole bludgers off their butt and earn their keep, part of their keep any way.

[***super_nova***]

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@poddster wrote:

A 2 year national service would go a fair way to take up the shortfall. And not only in the military

The unemployed recipients are already being paid by the taxpayer with no return from them back to the taxpayer.

Get the dole bludgers off their butt and earn their keep, part of their keep any way.

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Military personnel are highly trained people.  Present day army does not want kids who do not want to be there.  Every time this suggestion comes up, the army says NO, we do not want them, we do not need them, we are not interested.  It costs lot more to train army personnel than to pay the measly $200 per week dole.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@poddster wrote:

Ele does that hold true for Labor upper echelon as well?

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I suspect it applies to the top brass of all political parties.

I grew so rich that I was sent
By a pocket borough into Parliament.
I always voted at my party's call,
And I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

(Gilbert and Sullivan: HMSPinafore).