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A Leisurely Squizz Around the World
How about this for extreme agenda-pushing crap ... according
to a study done by the Australian Council of Social Service
we are a low-taxed nation.
The report reckons that fewer than one in five workers pay
the top marginal rate of 47 cents in the dollar and in fact
we are the sixth lowest taxed nation in the Western world.
Well if I may raise my gnarled and freckly little hand in
the air I just want to say one thing - utter bollocks!
It's not just the money ripped out of your pay packet that
goes for taxation, but stamp duties, bank duties - hundreds
of dollars a year in those bloody charges, levies, rates,
petrol tax at exorbitant 50 cents+ a litre, a 10 per cent
GST and a host other evil little grabs at our collective hip
pockets.
But boy, you think life here is tough - have a bit of pity
for the poor old Brits. Over in the Old Dart, Tony Blah's
government is looking to tax motorists on the time they spend
on the road. Yup, satellites will track motorists in order
to bill them. Wouldn't have happened under Maggie Thatcher!!
Hillary Clinton, former first lady of the US, has said she
doesn't have any plans to run for President. The much embarrassed
Hill, whose hubby Billy-Boy was caught aiding an aide, fudged
the issue by telling mainstream media that she was flattered
by the question. At a private interview, Hill 'fessed up to
me that she knew she could rule the planet - but wasn't sure
about finding enough cheekless pants to outfit her White House
'assistants'.
The North Korea of President Kim Jung-Il, or Jonquil as he
known to his mates, wants to have nuclear weapons so his peace-loving
nation can reduce the cost of its massive army. It sounds
good in theory, however, you kind of hope he's not getting
brinkmanship advice from his tailor - or his hairdresser for
that matter!
Oh and by the way ... all those silly buggers who hopped
out one winter's day to be photographed in the nuddy by Spencer
Tunick should have grounds to be disappointed. The American
cameraman has beaten the old record he set with we barely
moving Melbourne snowpeople, by getting 7000 Spaniards to
unclothe. This time around the lad picked warmer weather for
his flesh feast - although I reckon we had better buttocks.
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