Dear Mr Brendan Nelson,
Posted by clubwah on May 15, 2008
Dear Mr Brendan Nelson,
You cry like a bitch because well off people are going to be means tested for the baby bonus, while uni students, who are trying to live independetly miss out on Austudy because they or their parents earn more than a certain amount, which is well under the $150,000 mark and also incudes the value tied up in the family home.
Your party was in power for 11 years, and not only did you not fix that, you made the criterea even tougher.
And when your mob was in power families who accidentally received more family payments than they qualified for, because they are not fucking Nostradamus and couldn’t accurately predict how much they would earn for the next 12 months, were slugged with fines in the thousands of dollars.
Most of these people were treated like welfare fraudsters even though the reason they earned more than declared is because they worked hard and earned more over-time or freelance payments.
I never saw you opposing the shitful way your government, via that tent-wearing bitch Amanda Vanstone, treated them like criminals, withheld payment to their children, who you so fucking claim to value, and made them pay the money back.
And why is it the Liberals never complained or stopped means testing for the following worthy causes?
- ABSTUDY - Actually we can guess why
- Age Pension - you value all babies but not pensioners
- Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme - don’t you value kids who live out bush?
- Austudy - see above, cunt
- Bereavement Allowance - shame on you
- Carer Payments - gee, with the song and dance you made about carers I actually thought you gave a fuck. Why is this means tested when it saves the government so much money?
- Disability Support Payment - do you only care for healthy babies?
- Family Tax Benefit A & B
- Mature age allowance
- Newstart Allowance
- Parenting Payment - why have a baby bonus when we have this?
- Partner Allowance
- Pension Bonus Bereavement Payment
- Pension Bonus Scheme
- Sickness Allowance
- Special Benefit
- Widow Allowance - widows!
- Widow B Pension
- Wife Pension
- Youth Allowance
Means testing is nothing new, and it is applied to people a lot needier than a couple who decide to have a baby. What’s more disappointing about your decision to criticise the baby bonus means test is that no mainstream political journalist has put all this to you.
I hope all the criticism and shit polling is getting to you.
Regards,
Wah
May 15, 2008 at 3:28 pm
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May 15, 2008 at 3:59 pm
that’s as hard a caning as Brendan deserves, oh how I’d love to see you fill in for Kerry O’Brien one night Wah.
That’d be an instant youtube classic.
May 15, 2008 at 4:18 pm
It would be great to sit Nelson down on 7.30 Report and go thropugh the list and let him justify why they should be means tested and the baby bonus should’t. A lot of those weren’t had to go through assett tests as well as income tests.
P.S. I fixed your link to Albury Wodonga Online - you had @wordpress in the URL instead of .wordpress
May 15, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Great work, Wah.
May 15, 2008 at 4:39 pm
JUST LEAVE BRENDAN ALONE!!!!!1!!!!!11!!!!1!
May 15, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Go take a jump Lieberals.
May 15, 2008 at 8:42 pm
How come in 11 years of Howard Government did I never think of the term “Lieberals” - awesome Rx.
May 15, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Thanks Wah, glad you liked it. You’re welcome to use it as much as you want. (The bastards have earned the title - what can you say about a party whose greatest living hero is known as the Lying Rodent?)
May 15, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Well done Mr Wah, or can I call you Club.
The takeover of the Liberal Party by utterly talentless wealthy fuckers who don’t give a toss about anyone but themselves is all but complete.
Their only real skill is Chair Sniffing and shooting themselves in the foot.
I just hope Nelson lasts a few months longer so I can win the “when will nelson get flicked” award on Grods.
May 16, 2008 at 1:46 am
Nelson has now proposed a massive petrol excise cut to save 5c per litre because “90% of Australians own cars and need help”. This surprising statistic apparently only became known in the last 6 months.
May 16, 2008 at 9:58 am
In the executive offices of Caltex, BP and Shell everyone’s doing high fives at the news that Brendan Nelson wants to give them another 5c per litre profit, because sure as night follows day a price drop in petrol will be a week long exercise at best.
May 16, 2008 at 10:14 am
Well said, by gum.
May 17, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Smebody was searching Google for blogs on Dr Nelson and somehow ended up at my site. I’ve directed them here. This is the search term used: “pretends to give a shit”