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Post by bear on Dec 24, 2019 21:45:15 GMT 7
Welfare Recipients Should Get Christmas Cash Bonus, Say Two-Thirds Of Aussies
Two out of three Australians would welcome a cash bonus for Newstart recipients over the Christmas holidays to ease their financial stress. Most people believe the holiday bonus should be $250 or more.
The Australia Institute commissioned the survey in the lead-up to Christmas, saying it was clear that Australians wanted the government to be a bit more generous. "No one likes a scrooge at Christmas," the institute's policy director Ebony Bennett said on Sunday. Bennett said the holidays put increased pressure on many family budgets, but it was worse for Newstart recipients. "Just because someone is doing it tough doesn't mean they should struggle to get by while the rest of the country is enjoying the holiday season." The polling showed the more Australians earned, the less likely they were to support the boost, with most of those earning more than $200,000 per year opposed. While two-in-three Australians supported the boost, it was backed by three-in-four Australians on household incomes less than $40,000 per year. About 30 per cent of Australians supported a cash boost of at least $500, with the majority agreeing the top up needed to be above $250. Coalition and One Nation voters were least likely to support the cash supplements. But at the same time, One Nation voters were most likely to support the largest payments. There have been widespread calls to raise the $40-a-day dole, with Reserve Bank deputy governor Guy Debelle saying it could stimulate Australia's lagging economy. 10daily.com.au/news/australia/a191221gvshr/welfare-recipients-should-get-christmas-cash-bonus-say-two-thirds-of-aussies-20191221
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Post by nomadic on Dec 25, 2019 7:29:50 GMT 7
Sadly this government is doing the opposite. Cutting welfare spending in every sneaky way possible. May they have a really horrible Christmas. Food poisoning from their rotten turkey would be great news.
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Post by latindancer on Dec 25, 2019 9:55:12 GMT 7
^ Good thinking ! I don't like to wish misfortune on others (or at least be seen to do so) , but in the case of ScoMo and his mates, I think they deserve a good dose of some serious bug causing a mighty intestinal purging, and perhaps (with some luck) all that accumulated mental bull***t they so obviously need cleaned out may get loosened up too. And with any luck it will wipe that smug, dim-wittted smile off ScoMo's face too.
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