What influences your vote...?

[HappyHammer]

Income tax reductions.....got me

HH.

[astrid]

just think of the money we could save if we didnt have to pay for privete medical, school books and general doc and dentist bills.
id save a lot more than 14 pw
put it into health and education and bugger a $14 tax cut.
this wont even pay for the fruit my son eats, at current prices.
this would really help the "battler" (My definition of which is those supporting there families on less than $50,00 pa, not those "Battling" to send kids to private schools) without lining the pockets of those with a much larger disposable income.
astrid

[HappyHammer]

just think of the money we could save if we didnt have to pay for privete medical, school books and general doc and dentist bills.

Yeah that would be nice but that will never happen under Kevin Blair because the income tax increases to pay for it would be too unpopular.

Sorry Astrid I have an aversion to income tax that's all, and the intention to reduce it rather than the likelihood of it increasing buys my vote.

HH.

[Ashore]

just think of the money we could save if we didnt have to pay for privete medical, school books and general doc and dentist bills.
id save a lot more than 14 pw
put it into health and education and bugger a $14 tax cut.
this wont even pay for the fruit my son eats, at current prices.
this would really help the "battler" (My definition of which is those supporting there families on less than $50,00 pa, not those "Battling" to send kids to private schools) without lining the pockets of those with a much larger disposable income.
astrid

I dont pay private medical
My doctor Bulk bills
And on my income I wont get anywear near $14 a week
Are there any families on $5000 pa
Private schools include catholic schools and a lot of people with incomes under the national average send there kids there, imagine the chaos and cost if all private schools were closed tomorrow , how much would it then cost the tax payers to give all Australian kids an education,
Put the money into health and education in a perfect world maybe, but in our world it would just mean the states would reduce the amount they put in and there wouldn't be any overall improvement.

[Big Shed]

Private schools include catholic schools and a lot of people with incomes under the national average send there kids there, imagine the chaos and cost if all private schools were closed tomorrow , how much would it then cost the tax payers to give all Australian kids an education,
Put the money into health and education in a perfect world maybe, but in our world it would just mean the states would reduce the amount they put in and there wouldn't be any overall improvement.

Just to put that sort of money in perspective, it costs the Federal and State govts about twice as much to educate a child in a public school as it costs them in a private school, (roughly $10,000 vs $5000pa). So if the govt stops paying for children in private schools, 90% will finish up in the public system, thereby doubling the cost to the govt. People often forget that the parents that send their children to a private school effectively pay extra tax, voluntarily.

Mr Latham tried this sort of "class warfare" and didn't get too many votes out of it!

[astrid]

If you read my post, I didnt say anything about reduced funding to private schools.
I just suggested putting the dough into state schools and health.
and if your doc bulk bills your lucky.
and as you know full well I wasnt talking about the ordinary catholic school which I am well aware can cost as little as 400 per term
astrid

[Ashore]

If you read my post, I didnt say anything about reduced funding to private schools.
I just suggested putting the dough into state schools and health.
and if your doc bulk bills your lucky.
and as you know full well I wasnt talking about the ordinary catholic school which I am well aware can cost as little as 400 per term
astrid

And if you read my post i never suggested you said to reduce funding to private schools.
I was not aware you were not talking about catholic schools my point was that there are battlers who send their children to private schools and there are other battlers that send their kids not just catholic schools but other more expensive private schools , they go without just to give their kids an advantage they never had, , and though it may only be fruit money to you these promised tax cuts mean a great deal to them and to get back on topic may influnce their vote as it has HH.

[Gingermick]

No one is going to increase income tax.
Why have these buggers held onto all this money and decent policy till now? Why not 5 years ago

[RETIRED]

Keep to the topic.

[astrid]

what influences my vote
a party that sees further than the next 20 years
infastructure, climate change initiatives, investment into research,
good schools and education for everyone including especially the original settlers

astrid

[Frank&Earnest]

what influences my vote
a party that sees further than the next 20 years

I would be happy with one that sees further than the next 2 months. Or knows not only what needs to be done for the distant future but also what needs to be done today.

[HappyHammer]

especially the original settlers

Do you mean the aborigines? Just checking the era you're referring to...

HH.

[Sebastiaan56]

Well its a whole three days in and the intensive mud has begun. At this rate Im not going to vote for any of them. I know its supposed to be a winning tactic but I really resent my vote being demeaned by the use of personal attacks, scare tactics and bribes to buy me.

I am so glad we get community TV and Radio where I live. I dont have to allow them to force feed me lust for power.

[rod1949]

The one who will;
1. Bring our pay packet tax and fuel tax down to be the same as GST.
2. Utilise the hunderds of square kilometres of area that is currently being wasted and will assist in the reduction of greenhouse gas ie our house roofs with the installation of solar panels to generate electricty with the installation being at absolutly no cost to the house owner.

[silentC]

Tax cuts don't help anyone. All they do is drive interest rates up. I'd prefer they spent the money improving services. You know, the stuff governments are supposed to do for us.

Unfortunately what influences my vote is more a fear of what the other nutters will do if they get into power.