Bobby. wrote on May 27
th, 2020 at 7:36am:
Valkie wrote on May 27
th, 2020 at 5:51am:
I am a baby boomer.
I have worked since I was 15 years old, paid taxes from that day forward.
I have contributed to super all that time and watched as it was eaten away by the greedy base turds running the various funds.
List 10 years worth because some animal stole our whole companies super and skipped.
If I ever find him, I will keep him alive for as long as humanly possible while torturing him, sans legs and arms, just for fun.
I bought a house when interest rates were 18%
Raised children without grubberment handouts.
Have never been "eligable" for any grubberment handout in my life.
But I worked hard, advanced myself and saved.
I now own everything I have, which is quite enough, thank you.
I have a good super account.
But I'm retiring soon, 5 years before the grubberment says I should.
I will deplete some of my super, enough to finally be eligable for a part pension.
I will be deeply engaged in working after my retirement.
Working on whatever schemes, handouts or benifits I can find to claw back some of the millions I have paid in taxes over my lifetime.
The grubberment owes me
I WANT MY SHARE
Hi Valkie,
There were many times in my job that I created far more GST tax
for the Govt. than I ever got paid myself.
I wish I could have got a 10% bonus on the value of every job I did -
I would have $millions in the bank.
I also want to retire early so I can at least get some of my money back.
The grubberment lied to me right though my years of gainful employment.
They told me that if I worked and paid taxes, i could retire at 65 with a pension.
Well, they lied, now it's 67, but more fool them, I'm pulling the plug at 62 and using up enough of my super to be eligable for my wistfully deserved pension.
But these younger generation don't like it.
They think I'm getting something I don't deserve.
They base this on themselves, and I agree, they don't deserve anything.
I started work at 15............they stay at home, "studying" until they are well into their 20s
I moved out of home and started a family at 20..........they don't like the idea of families, they are too selfish
I saved and scrimped to by my first home, working 3 jobs to get a deposit.........they hold their hands out and demand, beg and cry for money.
I purchased second hand cars, furniture, even clothing to save money........they want everything new, new cars, new everything.
I taught myself to repair, service and look after my possessions.......they just go out and buy new stuff and complain when the car breaks down.
They say we had it easy, that houses were cheap.
Bull shite
I got married on a tradesman wage of a princely $84.00 a week.
From that I paid $32.00 rent and about $20.00 tax, leaving me a wonderful $32.00 to feed, and cloth a young family.
Later when we were ready to consider buying a house.
They were around $180,000.00 and above.
My wage then had risen to a managers wage of about $150.00 a week, do the math.
Banks wouldn't give you a loan without a good deposit, and no one I know ever got the "first home buyers grant".
To be eligable for this grubberment grant, no bank would touch you because you didn't earn enough to pay a loan back.
Probably public serve us employees had special deals which made it work, but us working stiffs go no leeway.
In my other jobs, I was taxed at the top rate, because you couldn't just add all your earnings and get a tax on the lot.
You were taxed max amount for any jobs you did and could only claim on one.
Cash in hand was hard to get, but great when you could.
Cars were expensive, even second hand cars cost several months wages.
Not quality either, mot cars were very unreliable using points and distributors, carboys and some very primitive engines.
They weighed a ton, very heavy and they were very thirsty.
Repairs were invariably expensive, unless you did it yourself, many learned young how to fix the car.
The roads were even worse than they are today (yes that is possible)
Our family used to travel from Sydney to the central coast for holidays.
8 to hours was quite common, one lane roads and broken down cars taking their toll.
That same trip now can be done in 1 and 1/2 hours most days.
Technology didn't exist.
No computers
My first couple of cars didn't even have radios.
Air conditioning ? What's that.
Mobile phones yeah, right.
We didn't even have a phone in the house, we used the phone box on the corner.
We lived from week to week, most times going without because we had no money.
Never had a holiday, once I was married, count afford one.
Overseas travel? A dream, nothing more.
I was 19 before I had my first restaurant meal.
23 before I stayed in my first motel.
Life was tough, but we were tougher.
Not like the poor little pussies today who cry if their internet is down.