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True but Abbott has said over and over again that you can trust him vis-a-vis Gillard so he really can't afford to break any promises.

That's rubbish. In this society you get paid what you are worth. No one cares if you have 10 kids if you bring in revenue.

MIW - I am self employed and I see superannuation as a big Government trap. I would never put money in there unless I was forced into it - so I suggest you do the same ;)

I agree with that but having a large known unknown creates more uncertainty. Showing that you are prepared to tinker with things retrospectively makes people think twice before they do anything.

Dan - you don't seem to understand the slippery slope argument. First it's $100,000. What's to stop it being lowered? The fact that Government continuously tinkers with it means that one can never have confidence in superannuation, particularly when you can't (and are not supposed to) access it...

If they are paid low, no. People get paid what they deserve.

Depends on your viewpoint but I take issue with the assumption that no matter what people are paid, 'it is never enough'. I would say those jobs have utility but utility does not equal to value in my books.

Seeing as most people who play poker lose money you've just proved my point.

A false argument. Those people get paid a wage and are not working for nothing. They accept the wage they are paid which is set by the Government bodies anyway. If they were worth more they would get paid more. I am sick of people assuming that just because you provide assistance to someone as...

If it was indeed valuable they would get paid a lot of motza for it. You can't have it both ways.