Hi Poirot,

I take some pride in what you call my "advanced snarks". If I could return the compliment, you don't do so bad yourself. As you would be aware, snarking requires cultivation and forethought to be effective, otherwise it is just whingeing. You've got far beyond that as a qualified snarker: take that as praise from one to another.

So Duncan was selflessly putting himself out there on behalf of all who pay tax and get few benefits ? I don't think so: I think he was simply demanding that what he saw as a benefit accruing to someone else should come to him too, in spades if possible. Long-term welfare bludgers are not renowned for their altruism, Poirot.

I think the Opportunist Left backed the wrong horse on this one. Perhaps they should do their own Fact Check before they look for another stick to shove up Turnbull, instead of assuming that any stick will do. Envy politics has its limits :)

Cheers,

Joe

"So Duncan was right? Australian National University study confirms 2016-17 budget will hit low-income families hardest.

Low-income families with children will be hit harder than other families by measures in the 2016-17 budget, according to a new report from the Australian National University in Canberra.

The report found the bottom 20 per cent of couples with children will be worse off by $1209 in 2018-19 due to the main "hip-pocket" measures in the budget, handed down by Treasurer Scott Morrison on May 3. That represented a reduction of about 2.8 per cent in the disposable income of low-income families.

By contrast, the top 20 per cent of families will be ahead financially by about $211 a year, not accounting for changes to superannuation, largely as a result of cuts to personal income tax."

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/so-duncan-was-right-australian-national-university-study-confirms-201617-budget-will-hit-lowincome-families-hardest-20160512-gotbsz.html

"I think the Opportunist Left backed the wrong horse on this one. Perhaps they should do their own Fact Check before they look for another stick to shove up Turnbull, instead of assuming that any stick will do..."

How is the above post for a "Fact Check"?

I hadn't noticed your last reply.

Btw, I think Marvellous Mal is doing a great job shoving sticks up his own chances this election...no-one else needs to bother : )

Poirot,

Once again the ABC, Fairfax and all left whingers have leapt onto this "Report from the ANU" which is not actually representative of the ANU, but just a report from one man working at the ANU who could actually just be a cleaner. It is an associate professor (lecturer) who has a simple degree in economics and avowedly left leanings who once again has done back of the cigarette box calculations. This dufus include cigarette tax in the assault on the poor, but excludes the super changes on the wealthy. What a crock of crap.

Once again Duncan is shown as a family man not the violent ex con that he is. But of course the ABC and Fairfax can rely on the uncritical eye of the left whingers such as Poirot.

SM,

"... but just a report from one man working at the ANU who could actually just be a cleaner...."

What a silly place this is at times...and your comments (considering you're one of the more eloquent around here) are usually among some of the silliest.

I do, however, derive some entertainment from watching your gymnastics as you seek desperately to turn the LNP's sow's ear of a govt into a silk purse.

I mean - could they have messed it up any more fulsomely?

Poirot,

This coming from someone who spent years trying to defend Juliar's rolling train wreck of a government that managed to cock it up far more fulsomely than any liberal government.