Rudd Announces $42 Billion Stimulus Package

Scott

I agree there are a lot of people on the dole who are bludgers, alcoholics, addicts etc. However please remeber that not all people on the dole are these things but simply doing it hard, have every intention to work if they ever get the chance and need all the help they can get. Why should these people suffer and miss out purely because a small percentage of unemployed people are just bludgers who abuse the system. Thats why this topic is so trick because how do we decide who are the honest ones and who are the bludgers plus even if we were able to pinpoint that there would simply be no way to justify designated payments. Pensioners most definitely need and deserve more. Most importantly don’t be fooled by this whole stimulus package nonsense, its purpose isn’t to help us the people but purely to help ruddys precious economy so hes got a stroger leg to stand o in parliment but the gov will dress it up to look like its desgned to help us haha please do u really thik we are that stupid ruddy.

linda

also i would like to make a comment to do with you all puttin single mothers down we don’t all intend to be single you know i was engaged when i fell but the coward ran a mile but i ain’t complaining as my kid is my life. so its the men that are the low lifes that run from committment so wake up and smell the coffee we ain’t all on drugs or drunk. all my bonus went to my kids not one bit on myself

linda

i hear you christine i am in the same boat my child has a muscular disease so doctors after doctors more money to pay out but he never complains his only 10 but lives each day as it comes in pain. i hope all gets better for you in time but hey us single mums do great i reakon we ain’t all bad like you said but the bad ones make poeple look down on us

Christine

I am a single mother to two children. My eldest is special needs. Their father does not pay the amount of child support that he is meant to. In fact, I can’t recall ONE time that he has ever paid the full amount. My family tax benefit gets cut because they assume that he is paying the amount he is meant to.
I have been on the phone to csa and centrelink constantly. It’s a farce of epic proportions.
I don’t smoke, do drugs or own a plasma tv. My tv cost me $25 at a lions mart.My kids dont have a playstation, nintendo or xbox.
In fact, at the moment, I don’t even own a fridge.It blew up so now we are using an esky.
I have to pay for occupational therapists, I cant move my child away from the school that he is in, because of the stress it will put on him. I’m stuck paying half of what I get a fortnight on rent. I cant get anywhere cheaper, because there isn’t anything cheaper.
I try to get their father to realise it’s not just me he is shafting.. but his whole response is .. don’t look at me.. at least I give you some money.
I want to move to a lower rent area, but it will be detrimental to my eldest. So we are stuck here, barely scraping by.
So enjoy the money you are quibbling over, holidays and crap sure must be nice.. we have never been on one.
Not every single parent is a loser and dropkick. You just have to make do with what you’ve got. So suck it up and get on with things. People have it hard all over the world.. a lot have it a hell of a lot harder than all of us. So be grateful, you selfish, selfish morons.

http://www.fridaymash.com Roger Pugh

In an era of all rights and no responsibilities it is vital to keep track of whom you can blame.

No blame whatsoever can be attached to Kevin who, despite all the talk, never seems to do anything for which he can even remotely be blamed. He’s said sorry once and obviously has no intention of ever doing it again.

John Howard can be blamed for almost everything. He rejected the Tampa as a safe, reliable ferry service for asylum seekers, he didn’t leave Kevin and Wayne a big enough surplus to cover their debts and deficits and he cruelled the Liberal Party’s chances by ensuring the nearest Peter will ever come to the top job is Kevin.

Julia is a blameless jewel of a politician. It is interesting, however, that she grabbed all the work choices afforded her by John Howard’s departure but denied him the fulfilment of WorkChoices after he had departed.

Climate Change can be blamed on the Greens and Al Gore. If they hadn’t kept banging on about it no-one would have noticed and we would all have adapted seamlessly to summer holidays in Antarctica.

It seems churlish to blame Wayne for anything but he does seem to have run out of stimulus. He could try nasal delivery but that would only get up people’s noses.

You can blame Malcolm for over-blaming Kevin who blames Malcolm for blaming him instead of John Howard who blames them both.

George W is the most blameworthy person on the planet. In fact he’s such a popular target that his approval rating is on the rise. If Afghanistan and Iraq turn out well, climate change is found to be based on a fake email and Obama stuffs the U.S. economy to the point where George W can no longer be blamed, he could yet turn out to be the most popular president in U.S. history.

There’s no way Penny Wong should be blamed for the emissions trading scheme and it’s definitely not Kevin’s fault either. Nor should they be blamed for the fact it’s now known in opposition circles as ‘crap and frayed’.

The NSW Government claims it is manifestly unfair to blame them for so many things when most of its disasters are acts of God. But Kevin denies any responsibility.

The Australian federal and state governments constantly blame each other and who can blame them?

The Pope should attract no blame whatsoever for failing to confer a sainthood on Kevin during his recent visit. Most catholic scholars agreed with the decision to declare him a blessed nuisance instead.

Peter Garrett is absolutely blameless for the new uranium mine in South Australia because Kevin twisted his arm and what’s more it creates jobs for nuclear families. He does however bear some blame for the shortage of jobs in men’s hairdressing.

And if you’re missing out on a fair slice of the pie and only getting what’s left you can blame the ABC.

Let’s not squabble Australia – finger point…let’s laugh together at FridayMash.com

Jacky

This is to anyone who wrote a comment about ‘losers’ who ‘clog up the system’ or people who ‘only deserve a pack of free condoms’ and suchlike.

firstly, I am fourteen years old and I found this looking for information for a school project, so you should think about how easy it is for kids to access this stuff before you write it.

secondly, I may not know much yet and I may be young and possibly naive but please, LISTEN TO YOURSELVES!!! If tomorrow the world ends will your life have been any better than the ‘low-lives’ you judge? the single mother with three kids to three different fathers? or the boegans who don’t work for a living yet always expect things to just come their way? How are you any different to that?

what is worse, being those people who you despise or living every day smug in the thought that you are better than them? You judge them without once seeing them as human beings. You complain about the government but it never, ever occurs to you that they are people too, and people cannot please everybody? or that the people you think don’t ‘deserve’ free money because they either have too much or not enough, that they are human beings and they deserve respect, no matter what they have done?

Have you ever tried to think of others as people who make mistakes, who get scared sometimes and live their lives the best they can?

I’m talking about the sluts and boegans and snobs and idiots and drop outs etc. People who are despised. What makes you think that your better than them? That you have a shiny car or you have to get your hands dirty to get by? What does that really matter?

No matter where the money has gone, someone had to miss out and why shouldn’t that person have been you, rather than any other?

Maybe I haven’t seen enough of the world to judge these thing yet. But I would rather be young and starry-eyed than filled with hatred for people I don’t even know.

Rebecca

I have found this thread so interesting. I appreciate that people find it hard to believe that people on $70k plus need a stimulus. Well, I reached $70k this year and I was ecstatic as it now means instead of surviving on $200 a week as I was previously (due to rent and student loan fees) I can now feel slightly more comfortable. It has taken me 5 years in employment to convince employers that I am worth this and I have worked so hard for it, for many many months it included 12 hour days at work..and even now it is not uncommon for me to work 12 hours a day to get my work done…proportion my salary over that many hours per day and I am on less then minimum salary as I expect many people on high salaries would be able to do.

My partner earns only $40k which pushes us above $100k but we still cannot afford to buy a house. We rent 5km from the city in order that we can ride to work and not have to buy a car.

We both got the stimulus payment of $900 and we spent it on a holiday to Central Australia. In fact the entire $1800 was spent on that holiday and therefore all of the money was retained in the Australian market and we did our job…our stimulus stimulated profits within Australia hopefully boosting the economy for the future.

I intend to stay at home when I start a family and certainly will not expect the government to pay when I do…they offer enough, i.e. a good healthcare system, cheap public transport and excellent facilities when trying to look for work.

Please everybody, don’t assume you are due a handout but be grateful for what you have, and if you feel bitterly towards something there must be an authority figure you can turn to for valid complaint…complaining on a forum is going to get you nowhere but it will certainly make you angrier about the situation!

Take care and enjoy life, whatever obstacles are thrown in your way.

lauraine ford

I for one spent my stimulis package on putting up a shed which i thought was what we were to do with the money that was given, i dont understand why so many are winging

Jayne

I am a single mother and I struggle constantly. My children only get xmas and birthday presents and nothing else. I buy my cloths from St.Vinnies and make all cakes etc instead of buying them and I even make my own washing liquid, its tough. I am not complaining I give the kids love and a good education.I just think some people realize, what a struggle it is to be on a low income.I appreciate anything from the government. But I am saddened, that not many have any idea what it like, I know many worse of than me.So what can we do nothing, just keep praying for a miracle week from week.I have learnt budgeting is the key but sometimes it doesnt always work. I am constantly behind it some bills and then I get charged the overdue too, oh well at least I try I cant do much els.

Peter Cornell

My wife and I have worked for over 50 years and paid taxes all our working lives. We also made as much provision for our own retirement as we were able to. However, on retiring at almost 70 our retirement funds were inadequate for even basic needs, so we receive a part pension. We both also have significant medical conditions which result in substantial out of pocket expenses not covered by Medicare or our private health insurance. These and other factors have meant our taxable income falls below the level at which we would pay tax. Because of this we have been denied any part of the Rudd stimulus package, which I believe to be heartless and discriminatory on the part of the government. No doubt there are many others in a similar position.

Colin Alderson

My wife are pensioners and worked for over 50 years.Still together after 46 years of marriage.to a lot of people marriage3 means nothing,5 children.no baby bonuses then.We had children because we wanted them,and no family allowances .
I worked 2 jobs so we could survive .We had children ,we looked after them no day care.
I was never out of work and paid my taxes
we manage to live ok
I only retired because 50 years of working and always on my feet took their toll on my legs
couldn’t afford to have them fixed until I was in my 70s
We are happy the way we are as we have each other.There are others far worse of than we
Col

crlea

Stop complaining about not being included in the package. You don’t get a payment if you did not lodge a tax return. Which you should have if you earnt an income in 08/09.

You also don’t get a payment if you are already on a benefit. I feel that anyone on a benefit is already getting far too much. Don’t you dare consider yourself to be an average struggling Australian. That title goes to the workers who pay exorbitant amounts of tax to satisfy the ‘needy’. Needy is the word… too needy in fact!!!

The really annoying part is I work to progress my career as well. The higher I go (after paying for myself to get through Uni, service a mortgage, start a business and work a professional full time position)the more I have to fork out to ensure the living standards of the ‘needy’. Students – go part time to pay and get jobs that pay you more. Parents – consideration for the future would be great before you go satisfying your immediate needs and then becoming a reliant burden on society. Get a grip!

However, as for pensioners. They do deserve some slack. More slack than the young parents on benefits. Majoritively pensioners were tax paying ozzies for the better part of 40+ years. Their tax built most of the infrastructure that we know, the laws that govern us and have kept our nation one of the strongest economically in the World. But we bag them for being too needy. They did not have programs for superannuation and retirement planning.

The only reason our government has been apprehensive about giving them too much is because we have an ageing society. If the pension is too large, it becomes overall too costly to maintain.

Enough said

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Bloody Hell Mates,
This has gone too far

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Cecilia

Im a full tiem Carer of my mum. And im only 18. ive been doing it for 4 years and im sorry but it is hard to live on $564 a fortnight, with the rate of petrol and food, after all the bills [ which im usually paying off] i have about $200 for food a FORTNIGHT for the 2 of us? thats $100 each week for 2 person? thats hopeless.

If they government did raise up the pensions i think we would spend a little more. at the end of each fortnight by the friday im left with about $20… sometimes i have nothing no food at all.

So i think the fact that he is handing out payments is great but he SHOULD raise the pension etc

tim

This is the biggest joke of a stimulus package I have ever seen. I am not eligible for youth allowance because I live at home. mum feeds me and that is all, I can only work for 15 hours a week, that pays for clothes and petrol. working this much doesnt put me over the tax barrier, therefore I get nothing. students are the ones that are getting left out WAKE UP

Student (annonomous)

Does anyone out there know if your parents take all your youth allowence, if you are still entitled to the stimulous package with your name on it? I JUST WANT MY MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Margaret

You guys all sound like a bunch of typical Australian red-necks. Especially Pete, Wendy, Mick and Barry. I bet all you have to do in your spare time is whinge and blame single parents, people with disability, aged people and immigrants for all your life and the world’s problems. “If only there were more people like me!” I can hear you thinking to yourselves. It is unfortunate that everyone wasn’t born in the same priveledged position you guys obviously were. A little human compassion for others never goes astray, maybe you should try it sometime!

Corey

Thanks allyse, atleast 1 person has their head screwed on.

I don’t think people even read the full way through, they get to something that makes them annoyed then scroll straight to the bottom to abuse the person who made the comment.

“Until then this stimulus packages is a blessing for those willing to appreciate the delicatness of the sitaution.”

aahhh…the world makes sense again.

Allyse

Corey Mitchell I totally agree with you. I’m a 22 year old full time university student who unfortunately had to give up my permanent part time job in retail to attend my second degree. This has left me a little bereft but it’s a life choice and I am young and jobs will become more readily available. Until then this stimulus package is a blessing for those willing to appreciate the delicatness of the situation.

This is government people, they don’t just show up to work one day and say ‘Hey, let’s give all these people money and leave everyone else hanging’. Careful fact collecting and case studies are reviewed, reviewed and reviewed again and in the end a bill is created and put to a vote with not only the best interest of the people in mind but the best interest of the country!

I was lucky to be eligible for anything but I am a low income earner, living on the basics, now unemployed at full time study and trying to secure myself a rental property at a cheaper rate than I am currently paying now, so yes I have gripes, but I’m not about to weasel and whine about those who are getting two payments or those who own businesses or work for 80K a year, that’s your choice in life and this is mine.

If you can’t be happy with helping your own country than you don’t have the right to be called an Australian. It’s hard, but guess what…that’s life. Be grateful anyone’s giving you anything at all.

Allyse

jim

if your not bringing your kids into a secure stable home then you shouldnt be having them. and if you do have them then face the consequences and stop bloody complaining. im 23 and been with my partner 5 years and guess what… no kids. theres no excuses in this day and age….

jim

its your choice not to accept child support from your ex hubby! if your that embarrassed and hes that much of a dick wad maybe you should have considered that before having kids with him. your a bloody hypocrite. your one of those people that do nothing but complain about there situation but you need to have a good look at why your there in the first place.

Suze

Yes Jonah really needs to get a life and a new attitude.

michele

Jonah…dear…You remind me of my ex-husband…a natural, two-legged contraceptive.

I am a single mother and a low income worker, once married to a dick-wad like you. I left him and derived great pleasure in not taking child support, simply so my children did not have to be embarrassed by his existence.

Hearing blokes like you talk always reminds me of why I enjoy being single. Keep up the good work boy…ya made my day. To the single mothers and single-income who get a little help from Ruddy..enjoy it, you deserve it!

I work a few different jobs but earn very little, have a child with support needs (at uni), and another still in high school. I don’t qualify the single income bonus because my kids (despite being dependents) are on Youth allowance. At least they will get some money for textbooks, shoes, new footy boots and school uniform that we actually cannot afford as a rule. They also plan on getting new tyres for our old car.

So thank Kevin. I certainly appreciate the help, as I am sure many nice, decent single mothers do.

Suze

While researching whether or not carers receive the bonus payment announced in the Federal Budget 2009 Stimulus package I happen to stumble across this current chat site pertaining to my question as described above. And what overwhelming discussions have been taking place on the issue, and not to my surprise I read some quality affirmations made by our Aussie mates sitting somewhere with the net on hand abusing single parent mothers who need government support. (obviously was dropped on the head at birth)

Wake up Australian people we don’t have to slip into the gutter in order to put our message across, the Sven person needs to aim for getting himself a descent education…

However I am disappointed that the 2009 stimulus package refrained to include all pensioners and every other center link payment receiver. Power to the people and learn about the New World Order.

CoreyM Perth

I don’t know how this topic got from allocating government funds to abusive relationships but the fact is you’re all bickering like a bunch of children. Everyone in this thread has made a very valid points, parents needing more, the working class deserving a break, the people at the very bottom not getting enough.

THESE ARE ALL VALID, BUT DON’T YOU THINK THAT ALL THIS HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH SEVERAL WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS OF TEDIOUS, MONOTONOUS SQUABBLING IN THE PARLIAMENT???

Do you really think that any of these issues were not addressing in the formation of this bill+stimulus?

Come on, I’m a 19 year old student and even I can tell that the elects representing us would have figured out all these points and spent hours shouting over the top of each other and arguing trying to get the best for the community and public.

This is more of a fact/case of people not caring that they’re are getting something for nothing, but arguing who is getting a bigger share of the pie.
I’m thankful for any kind of help I can get as I’ve been very hard done by in my life so far and have managed to sustain and support myself since the age of 15.

Really people, if you’re that worried about how much someone else is getting when you’re getting something for nothing, then the words I’d probably come up with would be greed and acquisitiveness.

I don’t fully support Rudd, I preferred Howard but that’s neither here nor there. He’s elected and he’s helping the country. What’s wrong with that? Get over this stupid childish fighting.

I think in some ways many of you have not grown up and I really do not look forward to getting older if this is how people act towards each other.

-Corey Mitchell.

Carolyn

Well, excuse me Sven!!!! How dare you!! If i had known my husband was abusive i would never have married him or had his kid. He became violent after having my son. You are a typical know it all. Think you know the facts & u don’t know squat. Get your facts straight before you go mouthing off with such foul comments.

Yoyo

Many people who are on disability pension do want to work. I am on disability and i am 26. I have never taken drugs. Every year I need to spend approx a month in the hospital in patient and on top of that I need to go the hosptial 3 times a week.

I am getting $560 per fortnight, that might sound alot to many people. But with high cost of rent in NSW, $200 per fortnight, and the failing mental health system, to avoiding wating months seeing a specialist. I have to pay gap fee approx $80 a fortnight to see doctors and medication.

How much do i have left?

If you are on Youth allowance or Austudy or newstart, you are lucky coz you have choices, you have the abilities to work and earn $$$ and don’t need to pay any medical expenses.

Carly

Haha you guys are funny, beacause if you had any idea in those thick heads of yours, you would know that a baby bonus or a cash payment once in a while covers next to nothing when it comes to a child. You have no idea of the situations these single parents face or the stress of not knowing how they are going to pay the bills or put food on the table and 90% had no intention of ever being a single parent. So how about you give them a break, not all single parents gamble or smoke or drink, and as hard as this may be to believe there is a hell of a lot of families that do spend these bonuses on their children.

Jonah

Spot on Sven well said… It’s just funding those poor low lives with another hit for a week… Nobody with a known drug addiction should be recieving anything… And for all those girls out there that are thinking “aww I will just open my legs and let him slip it in cause he said his ready to have kids and im just horny so i can’t just stick to a vibrating rubber” then the next thing you know *BAM* you are sitting on the toilet and a baby falls out and u think “wow now i can get a big baby bonus and bludge more money from taxpayers” How about get a job, get married, get your sh!t together then open your legs… What is the world coming to these days… Either that or just become a prostitute so u can sex all you want and pay for all your addictions. Cheers!

Sven

carolyn…thats your fault your making shit judgement when you kept the baby to that cunt..

Sven

Jonah…….your dead right… all the dingey low lives of the world always think that someone owes them something, it was never their fault. in the 21st century its like having pets, if you can afford them. dont have them. its not fair to anyone. keep your legs closed you slappas and you wont have this problem, just because you a gullable person and believed what old mate had to say…thats no excuse…rudd should so something beneficial like introducing low interest loans, rather than funding the drug habits of our lower society for another week…..
peace.

Jonah

your all just a bunch of morons who gives a rats what you have to say… If your on the dole or just to lazy to get off your a$$ or if your a single parent and under the age of 25 then be quiet you just had one too many drinks and put yourself out there for any man to take advantage of and i think you should get less than anyone. keep your legs shut for crying out loud and grow up a bit!

singlemumof2

why do majority of you have to be either greedy or not appreciate the package???? im a single mum of 2 lil girls and i think every single mum should get the package no matter what!1 its not being greedy or selfish its us wanting more for our kids, if we dont have kids then 1 day there wont be an AUSTRALIA nymore so we r doin good…except for those ones who take it for granted!!! Honest hard workers should receive as much as we do but also just coz ur on a pension/disability doesnt mean u should get more or less.. we all want more not less so whats the big problem…shut up n be grateful 4 what ur getn in da 1st place…kids deserve money they dont come with ATM on them so yeah my hand is up for a ny hand outs!!! AS 4 THE CONDOM REMARK U NEED 2 GET A LIFE N GROW UP WE R PUT HERE 2 MAKE BABIES N WE GO THROUGH SOOO MUCH BEIN PREGAZ N RAISING THEM FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES SO YEAH WHY THE HELL SHOULDNT WE GET ALL WE CAN?? WE BLOODY DESERVE IT IF NYTHING MORE THEN WAT U DO!!!

tammie

why the hell is ther enothing int her efor diasibilty pensioners over the age of 19 thats just ridiculouse and pathetic im on a disibilty pension and im expected to live on 540 a fortnight the rent is 320 pw the rent the food electricity and absolutly every thing is going up and and were expected to what live of scrpas and live int he gutter i know im voting kevin rudd out this year he is a loser and a pthetic wasit of time infatc they all are its bull crap that only under 19s on the dsp get the 950 what about the rest of us that need the money too its total rubbish and its a total waist of time i cant beleive we get nothing if were over 19 how the heck are we ment to survive on our crappy waige they give us KEVIN RUDD UR A IDIOT AND NEED TO SEE WHO REALY NEEDS THE MONEY AND WHO DOESNT U HAVE LOST MY VOTE U CLOWN

Carolyn

Well, I am deeply offended by some of the comments made about single parents on benefits & Pensioners. I am not a single mum by choice, it was by necessity. It was either that or sit back & watch my son get beaten up by his dad. Nice choice yeah! Some of us are in this situation because that’s what life has thrown us.
MY ‘Handout’, as it has been called, doesn’t cover all my expenses to just live. My son & i have high medical expenses, due to medical conditions that we DIDN’T choose to have. I have just had to sell my house, so that I can afford to give my son all he needs. This package will help me to pay for an MRI that my son needs to have & that’s just for starters. I don’t receive any carer allowances for my son. Nor do i want to go on disability pension for my medical conditions,I don’t want a bar of it. Even though i keep getting knocked back for jobs because of them.
So, you folk who wish to critisize & judge us single parents on benefits, need to get off your high & mighty horses & quit pretending that you know everything & making judgements about situations you know nothing about. Put yourself in our shoes.

kymo

oh and I worked for 7 years before i had kids so in those 7 years I paid tax, so I have paid my debt to society now its time it repays me,

kymo

if you earn over 60k a year why are you winging about a measly 950 bucks, get over yourself and keep paying your taxes so me and my 3 children can enjoy our foxtel and air conditioned house all day, thanks,

M

Why should pensioners keep getting bonuses, they are already bludging off the government anyway…. what about the self funded retirees that have saved all their life so they didn’t have to rely on the pension only to lose it on the share market? They are not getting a cent, and didn’t in the last one either!
What have the pensioners done with the money from their working years?

AT

Most age pensioners have work their whole life and paid their tax so let them be. My parents are aged pensioners and neither of them drink, smoke or gamble.
The current package doesnt include pensioners anyway.
Its the younger ones who have hardly worked a day of their life and bludge off the government thats who you should be worried about.

Kat

I agree with Emily. What else do pensiors want they get their fortnightly handouts, their bonus’ (pension bonus schemes) and still putting their hand out for more. How is it our fault if the old farts didnt save any money for retirement!

Emily

Why give pensioners bonus’ when they are only going to gamble it, drink it or smoke it!

Travis

The stimulus package will not hold off the recession as predicted by the labor government, dont let us forget that throughout history it is this government that has driven us into recession. The stimulus package has not been carefully evaluated or planned simply handing out money to certain societal classes on the basis that it will aid in kick starting the economy to a degree is naive to say the least. As a student myself I know to well of the hardships of studying and working however as Kerry and Sandra said rightly so it should be given in vouchers to make sure where the money is being spent. Idealistically vouchers for retail, staple foods, books, electronics and other house hold means. Otherwise a vast majority of money will be spent on alcohol and the gambling corporations of society, wasting good tax payer dollars.

Kerry

I agree with Sandra. Vouchers for food/fuel etc. is a very good idea. It would stop alot of the handouts going into pokies instead of children’s mouths. As a single parent working and studying I appreciate the help but do agree that old age pensioners could do with a little more in their payment each fortnight.

AT

Jerm feb 16 – Its not your money its the governments, once it is out of your pocket it no longer belongs to you, thats just silly – Most people who receive benifits from the government have also worked at some stage in their life and also pay taxes. I work part time my partner works full time on a low income due to him doing a traineeship and we also get help from the government for childcare for our 2 yr old. We pay taxes and we also receive benifits.
The government has decided on the stimulus package for a reason, to stimulate the economy, so dont get angry with people who are eligable for it.
And i’ll admit it i do want to receive the stimulus package as it will take a bit of stress out of our financial struggles, and if your claiming that your paying it too me then cheers, much appreciated mate

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