• Best of luck to the class of 2024 for their HSC exams. You got this!
    Let us know your thoughts on the HSC exams here
  • YOU can help the next generation of students in the community!
    Share your trial papers and notes on our Notes & Resources page
MedVision ad

Morris Iemma resigns (1 Viewer)

incentivation

Hmmmmm....
Joined
Jan 15, 2008
Messages
558
Location
Inner West
Gender
Male
HSC
N/A
O'Farrell made a good point yesterday. Rees was an advisor to both Iemma and Refshauge prior to entering parliament. It's the same old guard under a different face..
 
Joined
Jun 11, 2008
Messages
86
Location
Sydney
Gender
Male
HSC
2009
withoutaface said:
A centralised national education system? Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't this guy propose that back when he was minister for education?
Edit: When, except when money is spent on subsidizing hecs places (which go predominantly to those from affluent backgrounds) or hiring butlers for millionaire prime ministers, has taxpayers' money ever been spent on making the rich richer? (Hint: if your answer is 'tax cuts', you're wrong).
Hmm, lets see... off the top of my head I can name three:
- GST, a regressive tax system
- Baby Bonus; even Kerry Packer's getting it.
- Child care for people who don't really need help paying for it.

As for the centralised national education system - sure, Nelson proposed it, but did the Howard Government take steps to implement it? No. He cared more about bribing the old people for their votes and giving employers unfair (some might even say evil) advantages over employees with WorkChoices.

Anyway, back to my anti STATE labour opinions:
incentivation said:
O'Farrell made a good point yesterday. Rees was an advisor to both Iemma and Refshauge prior to entering parliament. It's the same old guard under a different face..
I completely agree with you there. Rees will be similar to Iemma and he will not gain support with the snob types due to his job as a garbage collector (and I think THAT, at least, is an unfair reason to dislike him since he was just using it to support his way through university). He certainly has the qualifications and experience, but he probably doesn't have the right attitude.

Its time to give State Liberal a go before they're in the opposition party for too long and lose their experience.
 
Last edited:

Farfour

Banned
Joined
Jul 21, 2008
Messages
172
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
N/A
^^^ Summary of post: Rich people are EVIL EVIL EVIL!
 

wendus

krawr.
Joined
Mar 26, 2007
Messages
653
Gender
Female
HSC
2008
nathan rees strikes me as inexperienced ... but i mean who else can srsly take over.
 

Iron

Ecclesiastical Die-Hard
Joined
Jul 14, 2004
Messages
7,765
Gender
Male
HSC
2004
He strikes me as pathetic. He's the kind of guy people will enjoy murdering.
No charisma, no great ability, no great looks, and, most damning of all, no sideburns.
The standard model of Labor machine men
 

wendus

krawr.
Joined
Mar 26, 2007
Messages
653
Gender
Female
HSC
2008
1 year in parliament !!! are they srsly that desperate.

well yes they are. and the libs are doing worse. no sideburns on rees is still > barry o'farrell's face
 

Iron

Ecclesiastical Die-Hard
Joined
Jul 14, 2004
Messages
7,765
Gender
Male
HSC
2004
O'Farrell has it in the feed-bag. No government could survive this.
 

wendus

krawr.
Joined
Mar 26, 2007
Messages
653
Gender
Female
HSC
2008
1.5 years! o:
carmel t is alright though.
 

Iron

Ecclesiastical Die-Hard
Joined
Jul 14, 2004
Messages
7,765
Gender
Male
HSC
2004
I thought so too until she appeared to have some difficulty merely reading the document swearing her in
 

Rafy

Retired
Joined
Sep 30, 2004
Messages
10,719
Gender
Female
HSC
2005
Uni Grad
2008
I too would have difficulty pledging that i will well and truly serve Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, her heirs and successors, according to law.
 

aussie-boy

Member
Joined
Nov 13, 2006
Messages
610
Gender
Male
HSC
2008
HisNameIsChris said:
Hmm, lets see... off the top of my head I can name three:
- GST, a regressive tax system
- Baby Bonus; even Kerry Packer's getting it.
- Child care for people who don't really need help paying for it.
Its imperative that rich people get the baby bonus and child care

its the rich who can best support kids with minimal welfare from the gov

and its the high income earners (ie highly skilled and motivated) who we need working rather than staying at home looking after kids (NB its also the rich people who can make this choice as they dont need extra income as much)
 

wendus

krawr.
Joined
Mar 26, 2007
Messages
653
Gender
Female
HSC
2008
Rafy said:
I too would have difficulty pledging that i will well and truly serve Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, her heirs and successors, according to law.
what barry o'f has a facebook
what
gross
 

Iron

Ecclesiastical Die-Hard
Joined
Jul 14, 2004
Messages
7,765
Gender
Male
HSC
2004
So it's high treason then, Rafy?!

I wonder what Iemma discussed with the Pope?
 
Joined
Jun 11, 2008
Messages
86
Location
Sydney
Gender
Male
HSC
2009
Farfour said:
^^^ Summary of post: Rich people are EVIL EVIL EVIL!
No. Please do not place words in my mouth. Rich people are just like any other people and in most cases they're rich because they earned it. I was simply stating that rich people do NOT need help supporting their babies, nor do they need free child care, nor should they be paying the same amount of tax on goods and services as, say, someone earning less than $20,000 a year.

The word 'evil' was used to describe the exploitation of workers by employers with the WorkChoices laws. Tell me this: is a law that puts a single worker against a large company that will do anything to cut down costs (ie. cut out benefits such as sick days and place him/her on a lower salary) not evil in some way or sense of the word?

Now, since you were arrogant enough to summarize my post correctly, I'll summarize yours:

Farfour: I'm dumb and I make unfounded conclusions because I can't read properly.
 
Last edited:

jb_nc

Google "9-11" and "truth"
Joined
Dec 20, 2004
Messages
5,391
Gender
Male
HSC
N/A
HisNameIsChris said:
No. Please do not place words in my mouth. Rich people are just like any other people and in most cases they're rich because they earned it. I was simply stating that rich people do NOT need help supporting their babies, nor do they need free child care, nor should they be paying the same amount of tax on goods and services as, say, someone earning less than $20,000 a year.

The word 'evil' was used to describe the exploitation of workers by employers with the WorkChoices laws. Tell me this: is a law that puts a single worker against a large company that will do anything to cut down costs (ie. cut out benefits such as sick days and place him/her on a lower salary) not evil in some way or sense of the word?

Now, since you were arrogant enough to summarize my post correctly, I'll summarize yours:

Farfour: I'm dumb and I make unfounded conclusions because I can't read properly.
lol

your a gay leftie
 
Joined
Jun 11, 2008
Messages
86
Location
Sydney
Gender
Male
HSC
2009
Yeah, and? :D

Though I'm not gay, but it shouldn't be a problem if I were. However, speaking of that, that's one important thing the Rudd government falls short on: gay people's rights.


Oh and by the way, though I laughed at your reply, learn the difference between "your" and "you're"
 
Last edited:

Nebuchanezzar

Banned
Joined
Oct 14, 2004
Messages
7,536
Location
Camden
Gender
Male
HSC
2005
WAF said:
A centralised national education system? Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't this guy propose that back when he was minister for education?
One of my fondest memories of the Howard years was the effort and investment that his government put into education. Thankyou for highlighting Howard's great obsession with making education fairer, better, etc.
 

Iron

Ecclesiastical Die-Hard
Joined
Jul 14, 2004
Messages
7,765
Gender
Male
HSC
2004
Am wearing my purple campaign tshirt as a gesture of solidarity
Morris Iemma - Better Services, not cuts
 

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 1)

Top