Thanks Baz, I am 81, and have been a worker all my previous life till 65, and really know what life was like in the years from 1950 to 1970, during the time of Harold Holt as the treasurer, and those raving morons might like to know that he was a member of the Liberal party, and he was appreciated by the Labor and Liberal/National workers alike. These idiots do not realise that if the top tax was increased to that 66.6% on the top taxable income $450,000 today, the top salaries and other such incomes would fall and so would all the prices of goods and services, and life would be more sustainable for our workers, even if the no tax level was not increased, although it should be increased to about $25,000 of more. However it certainly would be great if the Governments than used the excess to build the essentials, Decent roads, Damms and improve the railway etc. and do their best to floodproof the country as good as possible. I might add, that our workers are just as intelligent or more so then those lawyers who have Hijacked the positions of Prime Minister and treasurer, and have got more integrity.

I do you know get a kick out of you Shadow Minister.
Very rare indeed to meet some one so one eyed and uninformed.
I love my ALP what it was,what it seemed to be the day Kevin won, what it will be under Shorten, after him Howe's.
But I insult them prod them get disgusted in them.
WANT the best from them.
I just may be a Mr average Aussie,you know don't you, more vote ALP than any single party?, including yours.
You see only good on your side only bad on mine, in fact you do not see at all.
This tax, is NEVER going to have the impact of the Tony Abbott charity for rich new mothers he wants to impose on business who must then impose it on?US.
Yes true the canceled cash for clunkers thing was, words can not describe how stupid it was, but I SEE IT, question it storm my party's door step in outrage over it.
You blindly like a horse grinding corn walking in a circle forever are quite sure you will arrive some place soon.
Sorry champ, Turnbull is you only chance.

The biggest tax bought in the last twenty years was the 10% GST which affects all. Who bought that in?

*that the only solution is to increase taxes*

Come on SM. Abbott was going to clobber companies with an extra
tax to fund his babies for the rich scheme. He is no different.

*and only applied to those earning more than 200k a year.*

Nope Squeers, make that 50k a year, so that it includes yourself :)

Ah Yabby, old mate.
I wasn't trying to evade the levy. I'm a good socialist, you know that. I just want to screw the wealthy.

*I just want to screw the wealthy.*

Its all relative, Squeers. With your big house, we just need to
make sure that you get screwed too :)