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  1. Peter 14.7

    17% of people don't have $500 saved

    I like: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." often sad to be from Eleanor Roosevelt I quote these to my young staff and they go :confused: it is a worry they don't get the meaning. I guess it is not said by "Sonic the Hedgehog" or "Angrey Birds" it is all greek.
  2. Peter 14.7

    17% of people don't have $500 saved

    Thanks, it just came to me. Peter Copyright ME:rolleyes:
  3. Peter 14.7

    17% of people don't have $500 saved

    IMO Medicare is OK. Yes high income earners pay more but it does great good. Pensioners get free care and that is what matters. Society must protect the most vulnerable. Also when we had our baby that ended up with with every machine and help under the sun to get healthy girl. In...
  4. Peter 14.7

    17% of people don't have $500 saved

    I hear ya. Sister said I want to pay you back when we have the money but then she keep spending. She is incapable of realising if you KEEP spending you willnever save. My mum also use to loan her money, which really upsets me because mum was and is pensioner. Parents love too much. Peter
  5. Peter 14.7

    17% of people don't have $500 saved

    +1 same experience here. This is true story. My sister was 2 weeks away from foreclosure on loan bank, owed $1000's to services like gas, etc.. had debt collectors chasing $5k for a car accident she caused : uninsured. Owed $2500 at 27% on a stupid roof restoration. Had one almost dead car...
  6. Peter 14.7

    17% of people don't have $500 saved

    Yes but super is paid by your employer at 9%. So really most people don't actively work on this. Whilst it can give false sense of security it is better than nothing as was the case 30 years ago. Regards Peter
  7. Peter 14.7

    17% of people don't have $500 saved

    Middle Class and even Lower Class Welfare is joke. The ALP move to remove tax on income up to $15k and to move Single Mums to Unemployment Benefits at age 8 are a good start to rewarding work over benefit. Yes, I praised the ALP. Regards Peter 14.7
  8. Peter 14.7

    17% of people don't have $500 saved

    +1 At 16 I was loaning my mum cash to pay bills and charging her interest. I thought I was being fair. 30 years laster she survives on our generosity and I dont mind. Dad was illiterate labourer and mum a cleaner. Never earned much. Did what they could. But in today there is no excuse. Peter
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