Post by Banjo on Apr 12, 2010 16:29:28 GMT 7
Hi there
I d like to point out a clear mathematical error in the Government s media release; New Residency Rules For Disability support Pensioners.
Ms Macklin claims she will save three million dollars by tightening up the amount of time Disability Support Pensioners can spend over seas.
How is this so? Does she think they will abandon the pension en masse therefore saving the Government the money?
Surely a more likely scenario is that the all pour back into the country, put in a claim for rent allowance, put their prescriptions on their concession cards, spend at least one day a week at a bulk bill doctor am I up to another three million a year yet? Plus continue to collect their pension.
Am I so much dumber than a politician that I m missing something here? We re not talking about protecting people defrauding Centrelink, a pox on all their houses, but where is the logic in punishing all DSP recipients to catch a few? Isn t this what the Nazis did? Shoot a hundred people for ever soldier killed by partisans?
What does it matter if DSP pensioners come and go as they please? What s wrong with them having a little time in the sun? Have you seen the price of a winter holiday in Queensland recently?
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Somewhere in Asia.
And the reply....
Hi xxxxx,
Thanks for being in contact with the show and bringing our attention to this issue.
Obviously I would suggest contacting Minister Macklin's office for response to your questions.
Many thanks
Amy Verrall
Producer- Evenings with Peter Goers
891 ABC Adelaide
P (08) 8343 4420 F (08) 8343 4402
Last time I listen to those idiots.
I d like to point out a clear mathematical error in the Government s media release; New Residency Rules For Disability support Pensioners.
Ms Macklin claims she will save three million dollars by tightening up the amount of time Disability Support Pensioners can spend over seas.
How is this so? Does she think they will abandon the pension en masse therefore saving the Government the money?
Surely a more likely scenario is that the all pour back into the country, put in a claim for rent allowance, put their prescriptions on their concession cards, spend at least one day a week at a bulk bill doctor am I up to another three million a year yet? Plus continue to collect their pension.
Am I so much dumber than a politician that I m missing something here? We re not talking about protecting people defrauding Centrelink, a pox on all their houses, but where is the logic in punishing all DSP recipients to catch a few? Isn t this what the Nazis did? Shoot a hundred people for ever soldier killed by partisans?
What does it matter if DSP pensioners come and go as they please? What s wrong with them having a little time in the sun? Have you seen the price of a winter holiday in Queensland recently?
xxxxxxxx
Somewhere in Asia.
And the reply....
Hi xxxxx,
Thanks for being in contact with the show and bringing our attention to this issue.
Obviously I would suggest contacting Minister Macklin's office for response to your questions.
Many thanks
Amy Verrall
Producer- Evenings with Peter Goers
891 ABC Adelaide
P (08) 8343 4420 F (08) 8343 4402
Last time I listen to those idiots.