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Real pay your way prisons i agree with. Cutting middle class welfare I agree with. Lowering taxes especially at the bottom I agree with. Why we tax at low level and then give back via welfare makes no sense. Abbott & Hockey actually could have done this IF they had any f$&king skill at...

Agree to all of the above including the costs. But being a commercial property constructor professional, $3000 is not bad. Prison is not the answer. Teaching people to take responsibility for their actions is. But where do you stop? Should smokers be entitled to free healthcare...

I think you would find the actual care of the prisoner not that high but the infrastructure, buildings, security, management, transport, staff are where the money is being spent. A quick search finds Scottish prisons cost about $3000AU per m2. Peter

So all a welfare mum needs to do is get married have the kids and then divorce. Not a single mum but and abandoned mum. Kit up the father you say, cannot get $ when he earns $0. What stops a girl and guy getting married and then claiming welfare. He has no job> Agree completely. My...

Exactly, one example of how easy it is to work around the system. Still open to ideas but the best is what we have in some ways, make the kids want stuff, so they have to get a job to earn $ to buy it. Peter

I agree with the intent but the execution will work. Even in China were that actually had this with the one child policy, it failed. Corruption, twins, etc.. Lets say , we do take the money away, and the cild starves to death because mum does not care. Do we step in? Yes, but do they have...

There is no solution other than to accept the situation and build your own weath based on it and the likely outcomes to come. Like no pension..... That is, I have never assumed I would get the pension at 65. Even when 20. Now almost 50 they first changes have come and before I get there, it...