Here's a link that may help explain things:

http://newmatilda.com/2013/05/02/disability-levy-serves-common-good

They say that a society is judged by the way it looks after
its most vunerable.

I'm more than happy to pay such a small levy to help.

Lexi - Quote "I'm more than happy to pay such a small levy to help." If people abuse the system because the wording is not strict as to what they get a small levy can grow into a big levy.

They say that a Fool is a person in debt who keeps giving money away to others.

There are a couple of concerns about the NDIS

Firstly, I do not see where the word insurance comes into the situation. Insurance against what exactly? It does not stop people from becoming disabled. The word should be dropped from the name.

Secondl, I have serious reservations about the financial estimates being made. Sure the levy gives about $3 billion but what about the rest? I have seen estimates of 6-9-even $15 billion per year so where is the rest of the funds to come from, I cannot see the states coughing up the difference. The present government has a poor record of management and estimating finance. They over estimated their income for this year by $12 billion. That does not look good for future.

So what is going to happen? Is it a gold plated scheme we really cannot afford or are we going to pay a lot more tax to fund it. Remember there are many things that have to be budgeted for.

Or has the expectations of the disabled been built up too high and they will not get the assistance they now expect, or will many not qualify for assistance. 410,000 seems alot of disabled.

I am not against assistance for disabled people but the whole scheme appears airy fairy at this point. We do need more deffinate information.

Dear Betty

Can you identify even one initiative dreamed up by the red-headed witch, or for that matter, any other bloodsucking parasite, that didn't end up costing taxpayers many times what it was supposed to do ?? Note particularly that precious few of the clowns have ever achieved success in business. Most were in fact failed lawyers, unquestionably the most deceptive & avaricious leech that ever evolved on the planet. The whole motive for the NDIS is the attempt (albeit futile) by the federal ALP to avoid political annihilation. I'm absolutely incensed that the lying witch can stoop to misuse of disabled folk so she keeps her grubby snout in the feeding trough.

Dear Prax.,

The link that I've given at the end of this post
may help to clarify things. Here's a bit from it:

"The Productivity Commission outlined the NDIS as
a significant economic reform that will boast
employment by almost a quarter of a million and add
to our national economic growth. While the upfront
price tag for disability care is significant up to
$14 billion when the proposed scheme is fully implemented,
it will pay for itself over time with reduced health care
and welfare costs, higher national income and greater
opportunity for the cared for and ther carers."

"It's also a social reform that will improve the quality
of life for hundreds of thousands of Australians."
Both the Coalition and The Government are joined in
suporting this long overdue reform.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/editorial-ndis-deal-will-bring-relief/story-e6frerdf-1226637900936

You make a good point Phillip, as who can forget the fiasco of the insulation scheme, when left in the hands of labor to administer.

At least some saving grace is that it will be a very long time before they (labor) get their grubby hands on it.

On the flip side, I wonder if we are going to see a huge price hike for disability aids, or more so, if your local mower man will all of a sudden, after sitting an Internet course, become some type of rip off administer, or find some way to get his grubby little hands on some of the cash.

This is the trouble with governments, they can pass all the laws they like, but rarely have what it takes to PROPERLY administer the idea, and it becomes just another failed trophy to add to the display case.

I sure hope this scheme is properly administered and that only a SMALL PORTION of the funding goes to the administrators, as it's those with the disability that need help, rather than just creating jobs for the boys.