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Title: Govt Handouts......
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 16 May 2009, 09:29:20
Apparently, according to a friend who lives over there, the Australian Government has given all taxpayers a Aus$1000 (about£500) handout, to stimulate the economy!! :o :o :o

Bearing in mind that Aus$1000 goes further there than £500 would here, thats quite nice isn't it??? ::)

I guess that our lot are too busy feathering their own nests, to worry about the plebs >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: Govt Handouts......
Post by: Gareth Lewis on 16 May 2009, 10:46:03
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Apparently, according to a friend who lives over there, the Australian Government has given all taxpayers a Aus$1000 (about£500) handout, to stimulate the economy!! :o :o :o

Bearing in mind that Aus$1000 goes further there than £500 would here, thats quite nice isn't it??? ::)

I guess that our lot are too busy feathering their own nests, to worry about the plebs >:( >:( >:(

Interesting - in Australia there are about 21 million people of which (I'm guessing) a third at most are taxpayers ergo 7 million recipients.

Same calculation: 60 million in UK = 20 million taxpayers.

Even for this government that is one hell of a lot of expenses ;D ;D
Title: Re: Govt Handouts......
Post by: HolyCount on 16 May 2009, 10:59:31
Maybe they are just giving to the people being hurt by the crunch what our lot gave to the bankers who were instrumental in it's cause !!!!
Title: Re: Govt Handouts......
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 16 May 2009, 11:07:59
Apparently, its caused quite a political Hoo Haa, as it's the new Labour government dishing out the cash!!

But they didn't have to bail out their banks to the same extent as we did :o  as their banks were a bit more sensible in their lending than ours ::)

I think that there's alot of living rooms in Australia with new plasma tellys!!  ;D



Title: Re: Govt Handouts......
Post by: miggcddave on 16 May 2009, 11:36:40
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Apparently, its caused quite a political Hoo Haa, as it's the new Labour government dishing out the cash!!

But they didn't have to bail out their banks to the same extent as we did :o  as their banks were a bit more sensible in their lending than ours ::)

I think that there's alot of living rooms in Australia with new plasma tellys!!  ;D



there are a lot of living rooms over here with plasma tv's but they belong to all the mp's  ;D ;D :y
Title: Re: Govt Handouts......
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 16 May 2009, 14:12:15
Ultimatly, they belong to us..... the Barstewards  >:( >:( >:(

and another thing.......

If I 'forgot' to pay the capital gains tax on a second home, and then when I got caught, waved my cheque about crying 'Ooops sorry' do you think that the IR would just say 'Oh, don't worry, thanks for the cheque tho...' ::) ::)

Would they heck!! I'd get taken to the cleaners!!! >:( >:( >:(

Rant over!!!  :-X

Title: Re: Govt Handouts......
Post by: HolyCount on 16 May 2009, 15:56:22
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Ultimatly, they belong to us..... the Barstewards  >:( >:( >:(

and another thing.......

If I 'forgot' to pay the capital gains tax on a second home, and then when I got caught, waved my cheque about crying 'Ooops sorry' do you think that the IR would just say 'Oh, don't worry, thanks for the cheque tho...' ::) ::)

Would they heck!! I'd get taken to the cleaners!!! >:( >:( >:(

Rant over!!!  :-X


as would all of us ... imagine the scene ... guy gets hauled in for benefit fraud and claims he didn't realise he was getting £600 a month while he actually had been working for the last year or so and "forgot" to mention it......... "that's alright, Sir, we all make mistakes" says Mr DSS .... I should coco !!!!!!!