Comments on: Coalition continues pushing money to rich pensioners http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/26/coalition-continues-pushing-money-to-rich-pensioners/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:16:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: fehowarth http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/26/coalition-continues-pushing-money-to-rich-pensioners/#comment-13877 fehowarth Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13877 Eva is right about Labor continuing to be wimps. It needs to be made known who benefit mostly under welfare spending in the last government. It was wealthier elderly, through access to health cards, superannuation benefits and the taxation system benefited the most. There was very little for people with little or no other income. Yes there will be screams but most of these people will not vote for Labor under any circumstances. <br /><br />The sick, handicapped, carers and unemployed suffered a worse fate than the elderly<br /><br />There is no way that the pensions should be increased across the board until it is identified who would be better off. <br /><br />I am a aged pensioner with my own home and small savings. I resent that the Seniors card is issued to all and carries more weigh in the community than a pension card. I was told at one outlet, they do not recognized the pension card as unmarried mothers have them. I felt highly enraged as holders of Senior Cards can be quite well off. A unmarried mother who has been deserted by the child's father could be having trouble making ends meet. Eva is right about Labor continuing to be wimps. It needs to be made known who benefit mostly under welfare spending in the last government. It was wealthier elderly, through access to health cards, superannuation benefits and the taxation system benefited the most. There was very little for people with little or no other income. Yes there will be screams but most of these people will not vote for Labor under any circumstances.

The sick, handicapped, carers and unemployed suffered a worse fate than the elderly

There is no way that the pensions should be increased across the board until it is identified who would be better off.

I am a aged pensioner with my own home and small savings. I resent that the Seniors card is issued to all and carries more weigh in the community than a pension card. I was told at one outlet, they do not recognized the pension card as unmarried mothers have them. I felt highly enraged as holders of Senior Cards can be quite well off. A unmarried mother who has been deserted by the child’s father could be having trouble making ends meet.

]]> By: Dr Harvey M Tarvydas http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/26/coalition-continues-pushing-money-to-rich-pensioners/#comment-13878 Dr Harvey M Tarvydas Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13878 Eva Cox - the voice of reason that demonstrates targeted compassion can save a billion and have more than twice the punch. The government will inevitably look whimpish trying to get to work impeded by stone throwing teenagers whose delight is intoxicating, it seems, as they damage anything relying for cheers from the less than ordinariness of resource limited targets.<br /><br />The oppositions few sophisticates are seriously underestimating decent ordinary Australians especially as they wake up to how their careless trust has been abused for more than a decade.<br /> Eva Cox - the voice of reason that demonstrates targeted compassion can save a billion and have more than twice the punch. The government will inevitably look whimpish trying to get to work impeded by stone throwing teenagers whose delight is intoxicating, it seems, as they damage anything relying for cheers from the less than ordinariness of resource limited targets.

The oppositions few sophisticates are seriously underestimating decent ordinary Australians especially as they wake up to how their careless trust has been abused for more than a decade.

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