So now the arguing starts,...."who is going to pay for the Nation`s disasters?"

I would go along with Julia Gillard`s Levy providing it is guaranteed to be a one-off hit only, in fact I would suggest that the cut-off point should be reduced to an annual amount of $30,000, ...after all that means a levy of (according to Julia) $1 per week out of an income of $576 per week, and let`s face it, that is a much preferred option to increasing the GST which will surely hurt many at a time when we can least afford it.

At this time I would strongly suggest that a temporary cut to all overseas recipients of Foreign Aid (charity does begin at home) until this nation gets back on its feet again, which is going to take a considerable time and massive outlay to achieve.
Regardless of what some self-opinionated politicians may think, the overall good of this country should come before all else!

These sort of national disasters have occurred many times before and no doubt will occur again, but never before has there been so much capital from the Taxpayer funded coffers been given away both overseas and at home.

This whole issue needs to be well thought out and plans put in place to achieve the best results for all, but we must consider the future of the many who are already up to their ears in debt and simply cannot afford (after the Levy) any further impost or assault upon their meagre incomes, the alternative which will be a AFC ( Australian Financial Crisis) with many constituents losing their homes etc as they are no longer able to meet their financial commitments!

There meager incomes are in the thousands, we are talking about 1%of income. Lets not go overboard with hardship comments.
The figures will be out today about budget cuts, no matter where the money comes from it will cause unemployment for someone, somewhere

A good deal has been said in the two existing threads crackup.

I agree with belly here. We are covering old ground.

I must say though, as a Queensland, I am liver-ed to think our incompetent governments have chosen to either 'under insure, or not insure' our public assets and, if I was not a Q-lander I would be equally liver-ed as the proposed Levy money would go well in the other states.

But I guess when a large majority of our taxes are continually 'pissed away', something has to give. QLD rail is a prime example. I would assume it was also uninsured when publicly owned.

I still think a transaction tax, perhaps on the banks only would be a good thing. After all, they do make their profits from our money. Perhaps it's fair that they pay for the privilege.

yes bellies your right..[again]
so lets skin these rabbits ..a different way this time

was this disaster preventable?
was it natural
or was it man made

see we need to pay extra to do the whole thing right[this time]
ie tie roads to roadbases..so the whole road dont float away ior peel off in huge slabs and try to float away to peel island

why should we pay extra now
to rebuild railways given away to capitalists

why shoulsd we need to raise MORE FUNds
[when the premier hasnt spent a penny from HER disaster fund yet]...

i note there was briefly a matter
of another previous disaster fund..
where the premie claimed the intrest earned *on the funds

yes the funds EVENTUALLY got spent..
but not till there was a nice bit of intrest there to keep
by house rukles..[apparently]

its with this intrest issue
im gaining insight into these funding scemes

why raise a penny..extra..
till they spend some of the millions they ALLREADY GOT?

another issue that has surfaced
is who should dole out the lucre?
TO WHOM

seems a nat is claiming today
the councils should be doing it direct
[something about a large percentage being scammed [creamed off the top]..heard it was betwen 20 percent to 40 percent..that goes to admin fees ..an cream

so yeah the issue
has been done to death

but what about the other aspects..the dumbed down
[soldout media].isnt covering..

like how the damm dam ..was too full*..

how the damm dam
was only meant to capture the flood waters..

not release them
[making man-made disasters]..

there has arrisen in other topic

how wolf-dine was to hold the water...but wasnt built..

labour decided not to build
the rest of the FLOOD PREVENTION sceme

and this other damm
that was HOARDing the waters to sell*...
was thus ..too full ..to restrain the flood waters..

but lab wolf cubs ..got rid of the other damm..
wolf-dine dam..and thus increased the risk..

and thus we bore the full costs of its ill fruits

see insurance people or others ..could sue
could put a hold on the premie slushy cash..

even that stashed in the premiers slushy fund..
even now gaining intrest ..that may never actually get spent

lets face it having the marfia
do the hospital payroll ..backfired big time

so much news ...simply dont reach the people

lets face it
the state has few assets left
and has been so busy ..it cant even cover the intrest
on what its allready spent..[over 65 billion]..setrving its mates

spent on its mates scemes..
and building the right things the wrong way
or giving away states assets

...lets not get into q-build pricing structures..

but let ...what we collectivly owe ..speak for itself..
as ol barnaby was shutup ..from revealing it..fully..

twice that of california..
who is going to go bust soon ...too
we arnt going to go bust?

maybe only cause we been coping the inreased costs of services.. paying intrest only.. that has prevented the state defaulting...

so far

but were running out of stuff to sell
to mates for pennies on the dollar

and the cost of power and water are insane ..not to mention revenue raising issues like speed cameras and ever increasing costs of fines and rego licences permits etc

but even that has come back to bite us
we tax and fee paying ...over taxed payers
paying ...for everything..

who end up paying for it all

who are over this two party scam
show us where the money went..
before we pay another penny

reveal where the other dollars were spent
and who built the wrong thing in the wrong places
by methods that cant even handle a heavey rain fall

ie who dont tie roads
to road bases even in flood planes

ie do the wrong things for the right price
a poor job at mates rates

qld poor governance..
its grating on us mate