Poor Joe
Age of entitlement isn’t over for Joe Hockey who bills taxpayers for babysitters
Read about it at The Australian
It's good to see the Murdoch media highlighting Joe's greed.
What a leaner.
So the Murdoch press is not all bad then?
Murdoch takes sides in Liberal Party internal politics. He's a Turnbull backer. Hockey is part of the Abbott legacy, so a nice target for Rupert.
We know. Rules for some (different) rules for others. Welcome to the ruling elite.
Yes Mick. Pity we don't get a say on what perks they give themselves.
If only people could have a vote at the next election to have politicians remuneration rates frozen. Joe Hockey should hang his head in shame after his spiel about "leaners" and "increasing the Pension age to 70". I bet he won't be working until he is 70. People need to live the latter part of their lives taking things a bit slower. Sure, some people escape old age frailty, and if they choose to work, good luck to them. However, I'm afraid a great number of us are debilitated by aching joints and generally are feeling their age. Personally I can't cop Joe Hockey's ideas, but that is just my opinion
I expect that every ambassador from Australia and elsewhere have this entitlement. Imagine the outcry if it was suggested all ambassadors had to be childless. I would have been unsurprised if they were entitled to a full-time nanny.
I'm pretty sure nobody HAS suggested that all ambassadors have to be childless.
And Bill Shorten charged txpayers for babysitting fees during the last election! Poor thing doesn't earn enough to pay himself.
Did he charge taxpayers for babysitting? I didn't hear that story.
Maybe we only have half the story. The press have a habit of not letting the truth stand in the way of a good story!
For instance under what circumstances was the babysitting chargeable to taxpayers. It is conceiveable that Mrs Hockey had to accompany Joe on a legitimate ambassadorial function. I don't think Mrs Hockey gets paid a stipend so the cost of babysitting while she attends functions on Australia's behalf would, in my opinion. be entirely legitimate.
When I was in the military the cost of transporting my pets from one posting to the next was paid by taxpayers. I hope commentors are not going to complain about that.
As a self-funded retiree, I’m frustrated with Canberra’s continuous fiddle with Superannuation contributions and rule changes Plus the measure to Re-balance the Pension Assets Test to be implemented on 1 January 2017.
So here's fair warning to all politicians of any persuasion, this group of aged voters may be about to make the greatest impact on any Federal election in history, ignoring them may be the start of a changed political environment in this country.
Change the Entitlements
I absolutely agree, if a pension isn't an entitlement, neither is theirs. They keep telling us that paying us an aged pension isn't sustainable.
Paying politicians all the perks they get is even less sustainable! The politicians themselves, in Canberra, brought it up, that the Age of Entitlements is over:
The author is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list;
in turn ask each of those to do likewise. In three days, most people in Australia will have this message.
This is one idea that really should be passed around because the rot has to stop somewhere.
Proposals to make politicians shoulder their share of the weight now that the Age of Entitlement is over:
1. Scrap political pensions.
Politicians can purchase their own retirement plan, just as most other working Australians are expected to do.
2. Retired politicians (past, present & future) participate in Centrelink.
A Politician collects a substantial salary while in office but should receive no salary when they're out of office.
Terminated politicians under 70 can go get a job or apply for Centrelink unemployment benefits like ordinary Australians.
Terminated politicians over 70 can negotiate with Centrelink like the rest of the Australian people.
3. Funds already allocated to the Politicians' retirement fund be returned immediately to Consolidated Revenue.
This money is to be used to pay down debt they created which they expect us and our grandchildren to repay for them.
4. Politicians will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Politicians pay will rise by the lower of, either the CPI or 3%.
5. Politicians lose their privileged health care system and participate in the same health care system as ordinary Australian people.
i.e. Politicians either pay for private cover from their own funds or accept ordinary Medicare.
6. Politicians must equally abide by all laws they impose on the Australian people.
7. All contracts with past and present Politicians men/women are void effective 31/12/16.
The Australian people did not agree to provide perks to Politicians, that burden was thrust upon them.
Politicians devised all these contracts to benefit themselves.
Serving in Parliament is an honour not a career.
The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so our politicians should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people, then it will only take three or so days for most Australians to receive the message.
Don't you think it's time?
Please do this if you can. Australia needs our help.
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX Parliament and help bring fairness back into this country!
So make a copy of this and pass it on to all your friends and relatives.
Hey, fair go. I know a poll who has to carry his dogo around in a choffer driven limuzeen so Don be 2 hard on em
What's that below Joe's nose?
The fading remnants of snotty taxpayers? Leaner's syndrome?
Are service personal stationed overseas with their families entitled baby sitting paid by the tax payers??????
I certainly hope not.
I'd be interested to hear what One Nation has to say about this. As Menzie said when retiring from parliament, "All Australians are entitled to a pension" (National Seniors magazine August).
Yes he replaced Mr Beasley who retired from this post
... it is just another of the perks Politicians have created for themselves.
Collect the Politician;s Parliamentary pension and then get more Taxpayer money .