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  • By George, he's onto something!

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  • Terrible idea! Anarchy and the apocalypse will ensue!

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katie tully

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Baby bonus is means tested - there's a lot of people who don't get it already

Why waste a year of everyone's lives? Studies have shown that the best way to contribute to society is to get a job and then give the money you earn to charity so that they can spend it on specialised services to assist their work

Also, why should the government give $23k just because you finished school? It already payed for a fair amount (or a lot) of your education. The money should go to better infrastructure.

I would support a government volunteer scheme however, where you could work 6 saturdays a year or something in return for a professional reference, as well as youth allowance for the duration of your further education (regardless of parents' income)
When did the BBonus become means tested?
 

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Poor people are shit. I'm joining the army voluntarily so I can shoot poor people and get paid for it.
 

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Border protection/defence sort of defeats the purpose imo. Like this isn't Age of Empires. And we aren't in 1788 anymore, Toto. Whole armies from other countries are not just going to descend on Australia and claim it for themselves. Even in the highly, highly unlikely situation that this happens, how the fuck are they going to claim the whole country before we get international assistance? We aren't exactly inconspicuous. It's taking us eight years to wire our country ffs. The billions spent on defence is better spent on something like tax cuts. Or health. Or education. Hell, even a stimulus package or ten.
 

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Border protection/defence sort of defeats the purpose imo. Like this isn't Age of Empires. And we aren't in 1788 anymore, Toto. Whole armies from other countries are not just going to descend on Australia and claim it for themselves. Even in the highly, highly unlikely situation that this happens, how the fuck are they going to claim the whole country before we get international assistance? We aren't exactly inconspicuous. It's taking us eight years to wire our country ffs. The billions spent on defence is better spent on something like tax cuts. Or health. Or education. Hell, even a stimulus package or ten.
It'd be fucking awesome if it was Age of Empires
I'd be like COINAGE (all your gold are belong to me)
 

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and suffering too

looks like you'd be a good fit for the teaching of this guy

you should check them out some time
Much of Buddhism fits in very nicely with Christianity :eek:
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Poor people are shit. I'm joining the army voluntarily so I can shoot poor people and get paid for it.
You're not allowed to. Your don't have testicales, so you're automatically disqualified from frontline duties in the "advanced" military of Australia.
 

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We're talking homeless people man, not zombies. You can still shoot at them as a stationary clerk, if you've got a stapler handy.
 

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Oh moll, with his endless crazy schemes....what will he do next? how can he have so much time to waste? and what does he think of first dog, Bo? Find out after the break.
 

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Border protection/defence sort of defeats the purpose imo. Like this isn't Age of Empires. And we aren't in 1788 anymore, Toto. Whole armies from other countries are not just going to descend on Australia and claim it for themselves. Even in the highly, highly unlikely situation that this happens, how the fuck are they going to claim the whole country before we get international assistance? We aren't exactly inconspicuous. It's taking us eight years to wire our country ffs. The billions spent on defence is better spent on something like tax cuts. Or health. Or education. Hell, even a stimulus package or ten.
I've been thinking abolish the army and fund a small nuclear weapons program. It'd probably be cheaper in the long term, has science benefits, and would be a more effective detterant than our ineffectual armed forces.
 

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I've been thinking abolish the army and fund a small nuclear weapons program. It'd probably be cheaper in the long term, has science benefits, and would be a more effective detterant than our ineffectual armed forces.
Very practical for dealing with insurgents and small-scale conventional confrontations.
 

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There are other solutions to dealing with insurgents. The police can easily deal with the majority of small opposition to the government. An armed populace for others. Private security firms empowered to protect property and people.

The point is, there wouldn't be any small-scale conventional confrontations. We're never going to be involved in any sort of 'small-scale' defensive confrontation, any future armed conflict with an independent nation will always be major. It should be a stronger detterant than our existing armies.

Our army is hopeless against any of the regional powers.
 

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