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**segues into Colonel Grappler character from my magnum opus**

"When these goddamned politicians stop their pussyfooting cat-shagging fancy dancing around the tent pole at public expense bullshit - maybe they could consider being straight for a farken change and ASK the Australian people to help out with Defence.. maybe we'll have  something to fight with instead of ... THIS crap!"  (slings busted M-36 on the ground and picks up an ancient M-14 handed to his Legion REMFs just to make up the numbers)...... "At least I KNOW this'll farken work!"

$10 a head for everyone over a set amount of income (including businesses at GROSS profit point) per fortnight....

That's around maybe $15m times ten - that's $150m per fortnight to go into the coffers... times twenty six fortnights a year... that's $1.75bn a year - just for asking like good little kids.  Military Budget 2012 - $26bn - another near two would be a boost for basics, neh?

I reckon you could do what freediver suggests and upgrade the Reserve and reinstitute the Ready Reserve - much needed... or run a Nasho program.

TRY APPEALING TO THE AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE LIKE ADULTS INSTEAD OF FINDING LYING WAYS TO ROB THEM OF A FEW BUCKS - MAKE THEM FEEL PART OF THE PROCESS, LIKE THEY ARE WANTED IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY, AND LIKE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SOME STAKE IN THIS COUNTRY AGAIN.