Comments on: Stimulus: what you’d get, when you’d get it and how http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/05/stimulus-what-youd-get-when-youd-get-it-and-how/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: RJG http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/05/stimulus-what-youd-get-when-youd-get-it-and-how/#comment-5930 RJG Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-5930 Thanks for that Bernard. Thanks for that Bernard.

]]> By: Bewildered http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/05/stimulus-what-youd-get-when-youd-get-it-and-how/#comment-5931 Bewildered Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-5931 Bernard, is that the same as the thingo on the Gov website or something more detailed? Bernard, is that the same as the thingo on the Gov website or something more detailed?

]]> By: RJG http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/05/stimulus-what-youd-get-when-youd-get-it-and-how/#comment-5932 RJG Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-5932 Chris. Are the tax bonus thresholds indivudal tax payer based or combined family income? Chris. Are the tax bonus thresholds indivudal tax payer based or combined family income?

]]> By: Bernard Keane http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/05/stimulus-what-youd-get-when-youd-get-it-and-how/#comment-5933 Bernard Keane Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-5933 RJG the thresholds are individual-based. It's whatever your 2007-08 income was. <br /><br />Tomorrow - and I admit I should have done this earlier - I will get Crikey to post the Q&A the Government handed around that actually covers off a goodly range of questions about implementation. RJG the thresholds are individual-based. It’s whatever your 2007-08 income was.

Tomorrow - and I admit I should have done this earlier - I will get Crikey to post the Q&A the Government handed around that actually covers off a goodly range of questions about implementation.

]]> By: Barb http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/05/stimulus-what-youd-get-when-youd-get-it-and-how/#comment-5934 Barb Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-5934 Ok, so presuming we DO get our cheques for $950, what is the best way to spend it so as to stimulate the economy to the maximum? Ok, so presuming we DO get our cheques for $950, what is the best way to spend it so as to stimulate the economy to the maximum?

]]> By: emma http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/05/stimulus-what-youd-get-when-youd-get-it-and-how/#comment-5935 emma Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-5935 Whilst agreeing that there are not many new ways that this information could be presented, this article is awfully similar to the one featured here: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/bhow-to-bag-bonusb/2009/02/05/1233423357209.html<br /> Whilst agreeing that there are not many new ways that this information could be presented, this article is awfully similar to the one featured here: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/bhow-to-bag-bonusb/2009/02/05/1233423357209.html

]]> By: Spammy http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/05/stimulus-what-youd-get-when-youd-get-it-and-how/#comment-5936 Spammy Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-5936 On illegal drugs and gambling if you like!. It doesn't matter "how" it goes round<br /><br />The important thing is that the $ goes round and around<br /><br /><br /><br /> On illegal drugs and gambling if you like!. It doesn’t matter “how” it goes round

The important thing is that the $ goes round and around

]]> By: Barb http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/05/stimulus-what-youd-get-when-youd-get-it-and-how/#comment-5937 Barb Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-5937 Yes, of course the idea is for the $$ to go round and round but what is the best way to make this happen? isn't there something called the "multiplier efffect"..some ways of spending the cash might make it go round MORE or FASTER? any ideas anyone? do I buy an Icelandic bank at a bargain price, buy up big at the local farmers' market or would the plasma and pokies do it better? would buying Australian products be better than overseas-made goods? are goods better than services in terms of jobs stabilisation/growth? what kinds of purchases would stimulate the economy and reduce the deficit (via taxes paid on the purchase) best???? Yes, of course the idea is for the $$ to go round and round but what is the best way to make this happen? isn’t there something called the “multiplier efffect”..some ways of spending the cash might make it go round MORE or FASTER? any ideas anyone? do I buy an Icelandic bank at a bargain price, buy up big at the local farmers’ market or would the plasma and pokies do it better? would buying Australian products be better than overseas-made goods? are goods better than services in terms of jobs stabilisation/growth? what kinds of purchases would stimulate the economy and reduce the deficit (via taxes paid on the purchase) best????

]]> By: Joel B1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/05/stimulus-what-youd-get-when-youd-get-it-and-how/#comment-5938 Joel B1 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-5938 Honestly, "how much will I get?"<br /><br />Please grow up. This is about more than you and your plasma screen tv or a full tank for your x5 Beemer you manage to squeeze into Melbourne.<br /><br />In the words of TISM "This is serious Mum" Honestly, “how much will I get?”

Please grow up. This is about more than you and your plasma screen tv or a full tank for your x5 Beemer you manage to squeeze into Melbourne.

In the words of TISM “This is serious Mum”

]]> By: Bewildered http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/05/stimulus-what-youd-get-when-youd-get-it-and-how/#comment-5939 Bewildered Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-5939 Ok, my friend asked me about her situation and what she might get, I couldn't figure it out so maybe you can.<br /><br />She's on a single mother pension with 2 kids at school(7@11), she works part time and is also completing her Degree (she works in the field of her degree) . I get that she gets the first two but does she get the Training and Education bonus and Single Income family bonus? Ok, my friend asked me about her situation and what she might get, I couldn’t figure it out so maybe you can.

She’s on a single mother pension with 2 kids at school(7@11), she works part time and is also completing her Degree (she works in the field of her degree) . I get that she gets the first two but does she get the Training and Education bonus and Single Income family bonus?

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