You certainly got my attention with that title Geomac, wouldn't surprise me at all if some folk actually thought this was the 'way to go'!

A ''modest cull of the enormously poor'' has been suggested by right-wing business lobbyist Toby Ralph in a tongue-in-cheek opinion piece written in reaction to the federal government's attack on the ''fabulously wealthy'' through superannuation taxes.

His is only TIC rumour has it in secret some are not.

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Unfortunately if there was not so much truth underlying this satire it would be funny.

 Johnathan Swift suggest in his   “Modest Proposal” that the impoverished Irish should sell their children as food for rich.

I think just killing off the poor is discrimination - What's wrong with including anyone over the age of 65, people with disabilities, anyone who has a chronic disease, and anyone who has been in hospital more than three times.  We could also include anyone who has less than a pre-determined amount of savings in the bank.  I almost forgot, ALL POLITICIANS and my ex-husband.  How's that for a start?  

Why not improve the race and just kill ugly people......Oh, wait - can I afford that plastic surgery yet?

Hi Pommy, I hope that this doesn't mean that your ex is about to get on here & state the same tongue in cheek about his ex.  I have a pre requisit 3 point qualification for all standing Politicians.  1. They must be independantly wealthy.  2.  They must be proven patriots & 3.  They must have a terminal disease that will ensure that they wont be contesting the next election in 3 years time.  The saving in Political Super & retirement lurks would nearly get rid of the deficit.

No chance of that Innes, he is probably pleased that I left him and therefore should be eternally grateful.  As for your pre-requisites for all standing politicians, I concur. 

kfchugo - I deliberately left that one out, I didn't want to introduce any loophole that would include me in this mass assination. 

hansome fellas like me would be safe.

This looks serious.

Got a better idea, kill off all the rich, not so many to kill off anyway, and redistribute their wealth then everyone remaining would be much better off?