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Showing posts with label poverty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poverty. Show all posts

Thursday, March 31, 2011

The Sky Will Fall If The Poor Don't Pay

Dick Smith has announced a million dollar reward for some young person who
can qualify for something like a "Henny Penny media hysteria award" to raise
awareness about population growth saying he wants governments to limit
Australian family sizes to two children, because, wait for it, Australia is running
out of land and resources.


Now you don't have to tell anyone that there isn’t enough housing where we want
to live, we all know that, but Australia has plenty of land and plenty of resources.


However, I suppose there is a political debate to be had for cutting back support
for those who cannot pay their way, you know the people who put a strain on
the country's resources, and we all know raising children is expensive.


As well as the expense of children there is also the old people, the disabled,
the deaf, the blind, you have the poor people, they all need support from the
taxpayers and from welfare organisations just to be able to eat.


You've also got people living in public housing as well as those living on in public
parks, sleeping under trees the public have planted and taking shelter under
public bridges that they haven’t contributed a cent towards their own shelter......


....Turn It Up.



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Links


I would normally link to a website I refer to but type in Dick Smith and population and you'll find Dick Smith's Willberforce award, I'm not going to link to the site as I think it is a disgrace that Dick Smith has dragged Willberforce into this.

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UNDERSTANDING BAR-STOOL ECONOMICS AND THE CARBON TAX
http://turnitupmike.blogspot.com/2011/03/bar-stool-carbon-tax-economic-modelling.html

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Monday, October 18, 2010

Should we and can we prevent poverty?




Today's news carries a story about leading churches and charities who have called on governments for action on poverty here in Australia.

Now some may dare suggest that Bob Hawke dealt with this issue years ago, but as it turns out, he didn't.

In fact the poverty being talked about is a forgotten level of poverty. Of people, many of whom are working, renting homes or perhaps even paying mortgages but they earn such low levels of income, and when bills like electricity bills rise the money to pay those bills comes from the money they were using to buy food.

Many are too proud to ask for welfare assistance but even with welfare assistance when an Australian individual or family is struggling financially, struggling to pay their bills and to buy food, struggling to pay the electricity bills … Its not WHEN it comes to that, we already HAVE that in Australia.

Hopefully our politicians are listening to what these charities have to say today, because they are speaking up for those who aren't being heard by the same politicians who spend millions each year on spin doctors telling us how much they've helped us all. Turn it up. I'm Michael Robinson.




Check out the date on this story


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Where to Listen:
Turn It UP Mike Segment can be heard 
on Radio 2SM and stations on the Super Network
Monday to Friday with Grant Goldman.
http://www.2sm.com.au
click on Grant Goldman and Listen Live online

How to Contact
To sponsor this segment on the 2SM
Super Radio Network and
online email me at
***********************************************************

Proudly supported by:

I want to thank the team from Bow Bow Plumbing.
Commercial plumbing maintenance, based in (not limited to) the Sydney area.

I've known them for a long time and always been impressed by them. 

Bow Bow Plumbing brings a work ethic to the job that we need
more of in the business world.

If you have need for a commercial plumber, check him out.


http://www.bowbowingplumbing.com.au/
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