Whats the bet that this one off flood levy will become permanent? What effect will it have on donations for national disasters in the future if potential donors believe that the government will force them to donate anyway?

Belgarion wrote on Jan 27^th, 2011 at 8:19pm:


I, for one, think that the levy should be permanent - and that it should be a natural disaster levy!

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jan 27^th, 2011 at 6:26pm:


Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind's eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees any one whose vision is perplexed and weak, will not be too ready to laugh; he will first ask whether that soul of man has come out of the brighter light, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark, or having turned from darkness to the day is dazzled by excess of light.
Plato, The Republic
- More quotations on: [Light]

I would say you are so blinded by money you fail to comprehend the moral argument......some people do not pay the levy due to the way the levy is administered.......this is the same argument people use to minimize there tax....they do what is required by law......then you complain about tax perks and wealth fare that you do not need but expect as some elite symbol of superiority and perceived success......people like you are what is wrong with this world Andre....selfish and self centered to the core.......I attribute it to your upbringing....your family sound like a bunch of ass holes!!!

freediver wrote on Jan 27^th, 2011 at 9:02pm:


C’mon mate.....look at how the banks and big business get bailed out by the taxpayer all the time.....it is about people who were stupid, cheated. ignorant, unprepared, uninsured, genuinely unlucky, renting, ect....ect.....real people who are now desperate because of a "National Disaster"....now it has become a political and economic argument to those wanting to politicize the floods......how ever the Government decides to pay for the floods making political points based on ideology during such a crisis stinks of the tea party mentality….. it is about fixing infrastructure, and restoring communities…..the levy should take the politics out of the debae!!!

philperth2010 wrote on Jan 27^th, 2011 at 9:25pm:


One thing that stands out for me in all of this, is that: many of the people affected by the QLD floods bought their properties after the construction of the Wivenhoe Dam - in the genuine belief that their land would no longer be subject to flood events...

freediver wrote on Jan 27^th, 2011 at 10:17pm:


Their needs to be a royal commission urgently into the corruption of the Australian democracy by a communist conspiracy.

No not at all, the country is hijacked by a communist conspiracy any idiot can see that we have a controlled media and a rogue Government.

perceptions_now wrote on Jan 27^th, 2011 at 11:49pm:


Rubbish - dont give me that reds under the beds crap too many millions have died and the communist dream has never died.