2019 Federal Election

[hindy111]

Then vote early and vote often.

I start 6am

 

[Eelogical]

I start 6am

Vote during your lunch break or after work.

 

[TheParraboy]

RIP Bob Hawke

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/labor-legend-bob-hawke-dies-aged-89-20190516-p51o89.html

 

[Eelogical]

RIP Bob Hawke

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/labor-legend-bob-hawke-dies-aged-89-20190516-p51o89.html

He couldn't have waited a few more days..FFS. Labor will eat this up like a free home run.

 

[Eelogical]

Politics............lol.

 

[Snoochies]

RIP Bob.

Watched Shorten try and give his eulogy, couldn't put more than 3 words together before looking at his script.

I think we all miss a bloke like Bob who could just speak to us like a normal human....oh and drink a beer to 2.

 

[Eelogical]

RIP Bob.

Watched Shorten try and give his eulogy, couldn't put more than 3 words together before looking at his script.

I think we all miss a bloke like Bob who could just speak to us like a normal human....oh and drink a beer to 2.

Best Labor PM in ages..........just wished he'd have croaked it a week later. They will suck this up like gold.

 

[crocodile]

Best Labor PM in ages..........just wished he'd have croaked it a week later. They will suck this up like gold.

One of the few times that we had a trained economist as our PM. Mostly we get stuck with lawyers.

 

[Eelogical]

One of the few times that we had a trained economist as our PM. Mostly we get stuck with lawyers.

That's all well and good. But, just watch and see how they play this out between now and the election. Labor just got dealt 5 aces.

 

[crocodile]

Of course being paid less makes working less attractive. As does a host of other things, but then again I'm not making the argument it doesn't, go back and look at the context of the original post you seem to have taken exception to, which is about how people misunderstand how tax brackets actually work.

An example would be say, if a wage earner is sitting on say 90k, so doing overtime puts them over 90k and thus up a tax bracket, if they are being compensated for their overtime with penalty rates, then they are still taking home more per hour on the portion of wages above 90k than they are for the portion of wages between 37k and 90k, that's simple maths, and it will work across any tax bracket. So to knock back the overtime on the reasoning that the extra tax alone makes it not worthwhile begs the question as to why is it worthwhile to sell your labour for one price for most of the time, but not worthwhile to sell your labour for more than that for some of the time?

Logically I can see only two reasons why this might be the case, one being a lack of understanding about how the tax system works, thus believing that the labour is being sold for less,( which was what my comment goes to ) and the other being that for other reasons, they value that particular time more highly than they do their normal work hours.



There's no contradiction at all.

That people would and do make decisions based on poor reasoning, misinformation and or nonsense is hardly a revelation.

I didn't take exception to anything. I'm just telling you how it is. People can and do consider the tax implications when forming a decision to trade reward for some other activity. I sometimes have trouble myself getting O/T out of people for this very reason. I can assure you, they know the tax system well.

 

[crocodile]

That's all well and good. But, just watch and see how they play this out between now and the election. Labor just got dealt 5 aces.

5 ducks if you want to make comparisons between Hawke and Shorty.

 

[Eelogical]

5 ducks if you want to make comparisons between Hawke and Shorty.

I'm not making any comparison. I'm just saying that the Labor party will seize on this to further their chances on saturday.

 

[Bandwagon]

I didn't take exception to anything. I'm just telling you how it is. People can and do consider the tax implications when forming a decision to trade reward for some other activity. I sometimes have trouble myself getting O/T out of people for this very reason. I can assure you, they know the tax system well.

Yes, because your experience is representative of all experience.

Allow me the liberty to tell you how it is, people will do all kinds of shit for all kinds of reasons, some of them valid, some not so much.

 

[crocodile]

I'm not making any comparison. I'm just saying that the Labor party will seize on this to further their chances on saturday.

Mad if they didn't

 

[Gronk]

The death of the great reformer. The father of modern Australia. These are the accolades given by the LNP on the eve of the election. It’s a bit hard to switch into final day election mode and sell the Labor is all about this and that theme.

 

[84 Baby]

Ahh bugger it, ya bums

 

[hindy111]

Shorten has already won. Election is more a formality.
Maybe it's time for a change. I will support whoever is in charge tbh.

 

[Gronk]

Shorten has already won. Election is more a formality.
Maybe it's time for a change. I will support whoever is in charge tbh.

If it’s a fait accompli for Saturday, then you best tune in to your life coach Alan Jones, bc he has pledged to withdraw from public life if labor wins.

 

[hineyrulz]

Sportsbet have already paid out on Homer, lol @ the media trying to talk this up.

 

[hineyrulz]

The death of the great reformer. The father of modern Australia. These are the accolades given by the LNP on the eve of the election. It’s a bit hard to switch into final day election mode and sell the Labor is all about this and that theme.

Morrison has been very gracious, unlike that Onion eating f**k puppet Abbott.


Rip Hawkey our last great PM.