mikk,

I really do feel sorry for you.

To be so filled with hate must make it impossible to really enjoy life.

To be unable to accept truth when it is offered to you leaves you no way of actually contributing anything to anyone, including yourself.

We have some pretty radical, who push a lot of rubbish, but it is only you that exude this total hate. I hope you learn before it is too late for you to recover.

Mikk, you wrote a VERY good and accurate post, and showed up the silly righties here for what they really are. These radical righties are so full of hate, how can they actually enjoy life?

They can't comprehend the truth that the system loses a miniscule amount percentage wise as a result of Newstart fraud/cheating. The crazy righties here can't contribute anything to anyone because of their blind ideology and political correctness.

People who exude total hate, like Hasbeen, need to gain some semblance of humanity and decency before it's too late.

Butch has never been any different, NJOH
Hasbeen has a blanket approach just like Butch. Persons on the dole for what ever reasons are dole bludgers.

As the major parties compete to play Kick a Dole Bludger, I can’t help thinking we are all being conned. And not just by some of the welfare recipients.

Right now up to 56 per cent of Victorian teens are unemployed.
Some would fit the dole-bludger tag, I grant you that.
But they’re not all work-shy, good-for-nothings.
The biggest problem they face is the mismatch between the skills they have and the expectations of employers.

To put it bluntly, they want to work. But the bosses don’t want them.
As Paul Bird from Mission Australia sees it, nine out of ten teens want to get off the dole. But many need significant help if they are ever going to do so – they aren’t punctual, they don’t present well, and they have low literacy and language skills.

And so what they need aren’t more punitive measures, like those suggested last week by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. Already, the requirements that come with the Newstart allowance are pretty strenuous. What they need are programs and resources that will break the cycle of multi-generational unemployment, such as structured work experience which teaches them how to work

Evidence,

http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article/8492894/dole-bludger-challenge

http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article/8851822/taxpayers-foot-the-bill-in-dole-bludgers-paradise

"A Current Affair" .... ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

That's like the Pope going to the Vatican to get "evidence" that miracles are real.

Onthebeach, that's the funniest post you've ever made. Congratulations. You're even funnier than Andrew Bolt. WOW!!

Unless they have parents able to support them, what will happen to these abandoned young people? How do they find the money to eat, to afford shelter, and keep themselves off the streets? This is certainly not a good time to be young and unemployed from a background of family breakdown. Get ready for surges in homelessness and crime, Australia. Why are we giving up on our youth? As a rich country, we can afford to ensure that no one is denied a safety net, a chance to find one’s feet and focus on getting a job rather than just the next meal.

Everyone wants to see Australia lay the foundations for a bright future. But this budget ''crisis'' has been self-proclaimed by the current government, and calling it a crisis does not stand up to analysis. Not only is the government discarding macroeconomic prudence by cutting too hard during an economic slowdown, it is aiming most of its spending cuts at those least able to afford them, instead of investing in their and Australia’s future. This budget fundamentally alters the social contract in Australia by discarding the inalienability of its social safety nets. This is an inequitable budget – and a harmful budget