by mighty_tiger_79 » Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:58 pm
by shoe boy » Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:20 am
by stan » Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:41 am
Psyber wrote:I wasn't justifying it.
I was simply pointing out it makes no net financial difference.
Perhaps the federal pollies should have a maximum housing benefit ceiling for their accommodation away from home.
On the other hand I'm currently doing a contract job in Perth and the WA government has me in a FREE 3 bed 2 bath lake-front Unit in the SE suburbs, and are providing me with a Hyundai Accent at no cost for the 10 week stay.
by stan » Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:43 am
bennymacca wrote:Psyber wrote:stan wrote:Dogwatcher wrote:[quote="stan"]Joe Hockey om Q&A last night. Got a roasting, did okish but some of his answers worried me a bit.
For starters what he and all politician's believe double dipping is almost scares me. Referring to his living allowances that he pays to his wife for the house they own and the use of maternity leave. The issue is this is ome that both sides of politics exploit. Just shows where the country is at.
Exactly.
Try this on for size: Couple with kids lives apart because they can get more money from Centrelink that way. Say they are no longer together, but in truth, they are. Centrelink finds out, prosecutes and politicians tell us "these are the people we are trying to catch out, bludgers in the system", we all nod our heads and say, "they deserved to be caught". Both couples are playing the system to take advantage of government resources - one is just better connected and richer than the other.
Disgraceful from Hockey for defending it. Disgraceful from any politicians that are doing it.
I just couldn't believe the way he came out and said it and was like "is there a problem wih that". Almost unbelievable.
Its funny because he is probably using he system within he law. But he believes a mother who has a job which provides additional maternity leave and claims he government maternity leave, which is also within the law, are routing the system and double dipping. Which I have no issue with if your from the private sector. If you have got a good job with a good company which provides good benefits, then good luck you.
The hypocrisy is almost as good as Mark Stevens amd his Will Minson tweets.
Let me be clear, I am by no means a Labor voter. This just really runs me the wrong way.
The net cost to the tax payer, and the net return to Joe Hockey's wife, would be the same if Joe rented a house from some other owner, and his wife rented her house to a stranger, but it is not a good look.
On the other hand, she gets a good tenant and he gets a good landlady!
by shoe boy » Wed Jun 03, 2015 8:45 am
by GWW » Fri Jun 05, 2015 8:04 am
by bennymacca » Fri Jun 05, 2015 2:44 pm
by Q. » Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:48 pm
by Psyber » Sun Jun 07, 2015 5:59 pm
stan wrote:Psyber wrote:I wasn't justifying it.
I was simply pointing out it makes no net financial difference.
Perhaps the federal pollies should have a maximum housing benefit ceiling for their accommodation away from home.
On the other hand I'm currently doing a contract job in Perth and the WA government has me in a FREE 3 bed 2 bath lake-front Unit in the SE suburbs, and are providing me with a Hyundai Accent at no cost for the 10 week stay.
It makes no net financial difference? That's correct unless course you refer to the issue of him living in a house he owns and getting additional rent relief.
Maybe that needs to be means tested?
by Bully » Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:36 pm
by Q. » Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:53 pm
by Gozu » Wed Jun 10, 2015 6:12 pm
Bully wrote:Idiot Hockey this week with his "get a higher paying job to buy a house"
See....i can admit when someone in the party i support is a fool....unlike a certain someone ..
by Booney » Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:54 am
by Dogwatcher » Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:07 am
by stan » Thu Jun 11, 2015 1:01 pm
Booney wrote:891 this morning said that federal pollies can legally use their travel allowance to pay off mortgages on their properties they have purchased in Canberra? W the actual F?
They're on 6 figure salaries with concessions and allowances galore, surely if they choose to buy a home in Canberra to live in then the travel allowance is no longer required?
by stan » Thu Jun 11, 2015 1:03 pm
Psyber wrote:stan wrote:Psyber wrote:I wasn't justifying it.
I was simply pointing out it makes no net financial difference.
Perhaps the federal pollies should have a maximum housing benefit ceiling for their accommodation away from home.
On the other hand I'm currently doing a contract job in Perth and the WA government has me in a FREE 3 bed 2 bath lake-front Unit in the SE suburbs, and are providing me with a Hyundai Accent at no cost for the 10 week stay.
It makes no net financial difference? That's correct unless course you refer to the issue of him living in a house he owns and getting additional rent relief.
Maybe that needs to be means tested?
The Feminist movement may object to the idea that he owns it because his wife does.
She may have more money than him like K Rudd's wife.
However I do think there should be limits on what can be done and that such arrangements should be at arm's length.
Then again, if his wife owned it inside company he was not a co-director in it would still be technically at arm's length.
It is difficult to legislate to cover every arrangement possible...
In his place I'd have been more discreet, rather than just strictly legal.
by Leaping Lindner » Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:08 pm
by Leaping Lindner » Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:09 pm
stan wrote:Booney wrote:891 this morning said that federal pollies can legally use their travel allowance to pay off mortgages on their properties they have purchased in Canberra? W the actual F?
They're on 6 figure salaries with concessions and allowances galore, surely if they choose to buy a home in Canberra to live in then the travel allowance is no longer required?
Might have to list Joe Hockey as a dependant on my tax return.
by stan » Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:54 pm
by Psyber » Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:49 pm
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