Thread: election poll

Originally Posted by Quiggers

Right there Robert,

If any of them actually had any real guts or vision, they'd scrap personal income tax and up the GST to 15%...

that way, every dollar earned would go to the earner, then its up to the individual as to how and where the $$$ are spent...

...it'd also get rid of an entire strata of the ATO, those who create Tax laws; tax lawyers and accountants could do something more important with their lives etc....

...then many could work on ways to save the country from being a totally drought ridden desert, soon to be partially immersed, mostly in heavily populated regions, by melting icecaps...

GQ

it's a shame more don't think like this.

The current lot have so dramatically increased the burden on so many layers of society, from the increase in paper work compliance and subsequent fiancial cost on small business (which most in this area seem to be blind to at election time ) to the greater layers of tax law and legislation right across the board, greater levels of intrusion into personal lives, the continual denial that humans are contributing to destroying our planet, the raping of the environment through unsustainable mining, logging and farming practices, (think multi-national owned cotton, rice ) and the seeming 'inability' to step in and take on/over rule the weak Qld Labor government who are in the pocket of said multi-national corps continuing to allow large scale land clearing and tragic over allocation of water of the inland rivers feeding south as they don't want to upset the parochial Qld voters. The continued erosion of civil liberties under the guise of 'anti-terror laws' and the continual peddling in fear to stay in power.

It's just base politics with no vision and I am so over it.......


<edit> FWIW, I am a small business owner/operator, have been a farmer and come from a very conservative background </edit>

I'm currently working in a country which has a 10% VAT plus average income tax is only about 10% and it certainly leaves a lot of money in your pocket. Mind you, only govt. employees get pensions, but health care is cheap and good standard, so its swings and roundabouts I guess. I wouldn't recommend it, but its interesting.

Originally Posted by skidmark77

What i cant stand is that Rudd and that turd Garrett have made an issue out of global warming............As if it is actually real.

Yesterday on the news I heard the the Hole in the Ozone layer over Antarctica is shrinking .
OK boys we can come out of the closet and rev up the V8s and enjoy

Not picking on any particular post here, but I can't believe some of the bollocks that has been espoused

I wonder if some people actually think before penning replies. Oh, I suppose that includes me.

Originally Posted by Rovernaut

If Johny bugalugs Howard saw this independant poll his eyebrows would certainly be twitching.
But like all other polls they don't ask the real people.
AULRO is full of conservatives from affluent up bringings.

nice little handgrenade there rovernaut...

don't include me in that version of the straw poll; you may also find some rather radical people here

btw: aulro is made up 'real people' whatever their political persuasion...

interestingly tho', the poll running re the vote on nov 24 has secured only about 10% of all registered aulro members...

there maybe another 90% who could help up the vote for the dems

tis all but fun...

worked on an election with hawkie in '87, he didnt take it seriously....

GQ

The sad truth is it does not matter who you vote for these days, they all tell blatant lies to get into office, give with one hand and take with the other. Its about time our politicians were made accountable for promises that they make and stopped pandering to minorities.
Fix our infrastructure, health, schools and emergency services. All the fluffy stuff should be taken car of by business and private industry.
Our services are losing policemen, paramedics, nurse and firefighters to the resource industry because they are overworked, underpayed and stressed. Its ok to pay a government advisor or department head equivalent salaries to the private sector but not normal people.

Originally Posted by numpty

Not picking on any particular post here, but I can't believe some of the bollocks that has been espoused

I wonder if some people actually think before penning replies. Oh, I suppose that includes me.

I'm not into stirring or intentionally causing heated argument But Here's a blast from the past!!!!!

Originally Posted by Quiggers

interestingly tho', the poll running re the vote on nov 24 has secured only about 10% of all registered aulro members...

GQ

10% is spot on
you can offer members free beer round here and you'll only get 10% ----

its been the same since Inc wore short pants,,,,