3rd Party wrote:
> 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 :-)
Nothing cynical about delivering benefits to pensioners after
over a decade of toy inaction, just read the final line in
my initial post in this thread.. below: ;-)
>>> 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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