Family tax benefits who?

Cross-posted from Online Opinion, with thanks:

If you had an unexpected windfall of $10,000, what would you do with it? Give half away to family and friends? Get your teeth fixed? Take a community college course? Put some aside for a rainy day?

What if you had that kind of money to play with every year? The question is worth thinking about, because in round figures the Commonwealth Government spends $220 billion - or $10,000 a year for every man, woman and child in Australia.

Here’s how Mr Costello spent your $10,000 last year:

Denunciation of middle-class welfare follows at OLO, comments and rotten tomatoes welcome below!

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2 Responses to “Family tax benefits who?”


  1. 1 H&RNo Gravatar

    Community college?

  2. 2 armagnac esqNo Gravatar

    “Cross posted”?

    Perhaps if they don’t want the full story published here it isn’t worth putting up?

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