fasgnadh <fasgnadh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in aus.politics:
> 3rd Party wrote:
>> fasgnadh wrote:
>>>
>>> Pensioners stripped of Liberal Sup****t
>>>
>>> Liberals continue the Howard-era practice of
>>> Broken Promises by cruelly misleading the pensioners;
>>>
>>> "The Opposition Leader was embarrassed yesterday when a
>>> senior Liberal MP unveiled a plan to increase aged pensions
>>> without the permission of shadow cabinet."
>>> - The Herald Sun 17/5/2008
>>>
>>> Does this bloke ever stop ****ING UP? B^D
>>>
>>> Now we have the Nelson era "NON CORE PROMISES" that we knew
>>> so well under the Lying Rodent from Bennelong!
>>>
>>> "Opposition aging spokeswoman Margaret May told Sydney radio
>>> she would circulate a petition calling for the pension to be
>>> increased to $546.80 for singles and $456.80 each to couples."
>>>
>>> And all the tory tossers here in Usenet were PRETENDING they
>>> cared about the elderly they had systematically IGNORED and
>>> ****ed over for a decade, and ignoring the Rudd governments
>>> CURRENT REVIEW of what can best be done to fix that decade of
>>> tory inaction. So, after waiting ten bloody years while they
>>> were in government and could DO SOMETHING, but didn't, they
>>> now say "If we were in government we would raise the pension"
>>>
> >
> > comrade, Rudd is promising for Ken Henry to deliver his
> > re****t by the end of 2009. Might that be a bit long to wait?
>
> They waited over a decade under the tories and all they
> got was a regressive tax, the GST, which INCREASES AUTOMATICALLY
> WITH INFLATION, even if their pension doesn't! 8^o
>
> > I don't mind, they can get ****ed,
> > if you have a look through the AEC website at the
> > election results the booths that voted Liberal were
> > dominated by pensioners. In plenty of marginal seats
> > you will find the local nursing home and the booths
> > dominated by pensioners voted liberal.
> > They voted for Johnny, they voted for a decade of inaction,
> > and now they're whining that they have to wait
> > til the end of 2009.
>
> That may be your view, and the tories are clearly willing
> to KEEP DECEIVING the poor old dears, and politically USING
> them.. but the ALP re****t will be thorough and comprehensive,
> and, within the constraints caused by the high inflation, high
> interest rates and economic downturn they have inherited, they
> will do what they can for pensioners.
Yeah, call me cynical, but why do you suppose Ken Henry will be handing
down his re****t at the end of 2009, just in time for the 2010 budget
(when the pensioners will get their rise), which just coincidentally is
just in time for the 2010 election :-)
> > Kev rewarded those who actually voted him into office.
>
> By KEEPING PROMISES! It is so unusual after years of Lieberal
> non-Core promises, "WMD's that threaten us all", "We will keep
> interest rates at record lows" and EVEN NOW, in opposition, they
> still make promises to grandstand about what they WILL DO IF WE
> RELENT AND RE-ELECT THEM, and then cruelly disappoint the pensioners
> by going back on their word!
>
> > Aged pensioners didn't do that so they have to wait.
>
> No, it's not 'revenge' or 'punishment'.. its YEARS OF NEGLECT!
>
> The WHOLE TRANSFER PAYMENT SYSTEM needs to be reviewed after
> a decade of tory inaction! That takes time and it is best done by
> impartial, dispassionate, rational policy development based on
> carefully ascertained facts, and given careful consideration.
>
> It should be done before the Libs have replaced their leader, and
> certainly before the next election. ;-)
>
>>> Well that would just be rank hypocrisy, and we are used to that
>>> from the Lieberals.. but is was COMPLETE BULL****!!!! Just like
>>> the rest of the Lieberal 'Budget response'
>>>
>>>
>>> But treasury spokesman Malcolm Turnbull later said Ms May's
>>> plan did not have the backing of the party. "
>>>
>>> Every day, the tory rabble descend deeper into confusion,
>>> Nelson and Turnbull contradict each other on economics, they
>>> can't agree on a policy on means testing, they lie to the
>>> most vulnerable in our community, grandstanding with empty
>>> promises and then snatching them away from the pensioners.
>>>
>>> Nothing has changed:
>>>
>>> "We will keep interest rates at record lows"
>>> - Lieberal campaign ad.
>>>
>>> When you hold them accountable for their lies and Broken
>>> Promises, they dissemble, evade and slither.. "oh but where
>>> is the ad with John Howard saying it" That's not the ****ing
>>> point you moral defectives, if your PARTY says it, officially
>>> then you are responsible for it. IF it was some renegade
>>> speaking out of the shambolic disarray into which your rabble
>>> have descended, THEN SACK THEM and GET YOUR ****ING ACT
>>> TOGETHER!
>>>
>>> Just STOP LYING to the vulnerable elderly!
>>>
>>> The ALP has an im****tant review of the difficulties pensioners
>>> face. It hasn't even had ten months to address all of the
>>> problems which the tories did nothing about for over TEN YEARS.
>>>
>>> What Rudd has done is radical, he has KEPT THE PROMISES HE MADE!
>>>
>>> Now he is addressing the areas which were not key election
>>> promises but are im****tant policy areas.
>>>
>>> I will bet he has action on pensioners before the Lieberals have
>>> a new leader, before the tories have a coherent policy on
>>> anything, and certainly before the next election. B^)
>
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