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04-04-2010, 05:52 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I got this in an email.
Instead of giving billions of dollars to banks that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan: There are about 10 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them $5,000,000 each severance for early retirement with the following stipulations: 1) They MUST retire. Ten million job openings - Unemployment fixed 2) They MUST buy a new Australian car. Ten million cars ordered - Car Industry fixed 3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed 4) They MUST send their kids to school/TAFE/university - Crime rate fixed 5) They MUST buy $100 worth of alcohol and $200 worth of petrol a week ......and there's your money back in duty/tax etc As I am 50 I reckon this is a FANTASTIC idea..... Although I can think of a few loopholes  |
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04-04-2010, 05:59 PM
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One problem i can see is the fall of population growth through pregenacies all those young women trading in there young fella's for suga dadies .
Give me the heads up if its ever going to happen ill make sure to buy some stocks in viagra. |
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04-04-2010, 06:02 PM
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04-04-2010, 06:14 PM
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So the email says that 50% of the aussie population is older then 50yrs of age? Ok... Next.... $5 000 000 each to 10 000 000 people... is $50 000 000 000 000 ! What a great plan....
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04-04-2010, 06:17 PM
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335 S/C GT: The new KING of Australian made performance cars.. 
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04-04-2010, 06:17 PM
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That is about half the revenue from speed cameras, poker machines, petrol excise and alcopop tax, next year....... |
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04-04-2010, 06:18 PM
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04-04-2010, 06:41 PM
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Doctors, tradesmen,teachers, nurses etc... Not to mention that most will be bored stupid Then the fact you 10million unemployed people Which doesnt look good for Australia's rating internationally Not to mention that some of these people are already retired Quote:
Where is the skilled labour? How long will they have to wait for a car? What do we make here? 2million a year? Quote:
Blind freddy can see more holes in this plan then the titanic. Consider that most these people already have a house at 50yrs of age. Those that dont will simply force the housing market into an upward spiral anyways since greedy real estate agents will tell sellers to mark the price up because these people are "rich" and can afford it.... Therefor housing will be unaffordable within a few months for those still working Quote:
Even so, you cant force a child once they hit 14/15yrs of age to go to school. So it fails.. Quote:
Heres the kicker.... Force them to buy $200 a week in petrol????? Umm... where does one burn $200 a week in petrol??? Lets see... 10million unemployed people with nothing to do driving around drunk because they have to burn $200 worth of petrol a week ?!?!?!? Not to mention the impact on the cost of fuel.... supply/ demand. The impact on the environment... The impact on already choking highways and suburben roads.. The overflowing hospitals full of victims of drunken crashes/ and patients whose liver have failed because of alcohol abuse.... Bit late for April 1st isnt it???
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04-04-2010, 07:15 PM
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 Your login is without doubt one of the most appropriate on the forum. Here is a link http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/satire Please get someone to click it and explain its contents to you..... |
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04-04-2010, 07:28 PM
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Ahh sorry I forget... in typical fashion when someone is unable to argue/ discuss the topic, they stoop to calling people names. And in case you dont know, I know who Jim Goose is. But you obviously havent got a clue...... Heres food for thought... When starting a "discussion" be prepared to (shock horror)... find people whos opion differ. If you don't have the stomach to come up with decent replys/ rebuttals.... then don't post. Not the first time this has happened is it?
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04-04-2010, 07:31 PM
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Give him a break.. he's had a life changing weekend...!
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04-04-2010, 07:35 PM
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I got this e-mail about 6 months ago. So another for the 'Joke' thread!
Congrats to Flappist...for whatever had happened.
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04-04-2010, 07:47 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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The topic is total satire. Even if you were not bright enough to work that out from the original post my replies may have been a bit of a give away. If you had made satirical replies then it would have be obvious you got the joke. And you are right, this is not the first time you have had no idea whatsoever about the subject of a thread and have gone off like a pork chop in the sun. |
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04-04-2010, 08:05 PM
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I quite like that idea (if only), and I could easilly burn $200 in petrol a week, I have the Great Ocean Road and the Otways right at my door step...
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04-04-2010, 08:21 PM
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Oh its sattire.... is that what it is???
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04-04-2010, 08:36 PM
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[QUOTE=4Vman]His original post was a joke....... "satire"...QUOTE]
Yes.... with flappist, hes a bit of a satirist, & sometimes it can take a few reads before you totally get the picture. Some of his stuff are like those movies where your always getting little bits of info for the final twist, & dont really find out EVERYTHING till youve watched the thing a number of times. Hes at the 50 yrs mark, most of his stuff goes over the younger blokes heads....... Quote:
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04-04-2010, 08:42 PM
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04-04-2010, 08:52 PM
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Got married then?
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04-04-2010, 08:59 PM
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5mil at 45% tax is damn close to 50%,
& If he did get married (congrats flappist, if so) that leaves him with 25% total!
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04-04-2010, 10:07 PM
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04-04-2010, 10:09 PM
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04-04-2010, 10:14 PM
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Flappist is 50, Goose is cooked, and people who have money and are not looking for work aren't unemployed. Sounds like a great plan - I'll be that old in less than 1/4 of my life to date, so would suit me if it gets a guernesy around then.
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04-04-2010, 10:50 PM
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Yes I did get married. Thanks for the congrats. No $5,000,000 though (or even half).
No one seems to have twigged that there are not 10,000,000 people actually employed in Australia let alone over 50 although I have heard that baby boomers do twice the work of gen x & y put together
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04-04-2010, 11:43 PM
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05-04-2010, 12:04 AM
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The Scarlet Fairlane: 94 5.Slow Litre NC II Fairlane 488800kms & Climbing Rollin' on genuine ELGT wheels. K&N Filter /////Alpine Sound. EBGT Momo Woodgrain Steering Wheel The Scarlet Fairlane Build Thread Project "White Knight" 93 ED XR6 ROH Alloys Momo wheel Cruise Sunroof Premo Sound Manual HO Goodies PWK Build Thread 1990 Yamaha FZR 250: 59000ks & climbing. New fairing, old tank, my angry mosquito in a coffee tin! 14.977 1/4mile.
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05-04-2010, 12:54 AM
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Got this email months ago...I did find it very, very good. The person that sent it to me is in his mid-50s. He has always bought Falcons for years, but got a VW Passat a little over a year ago and still marvels at it.
Hmmm...if I get anything worthwhile, I'll take note to pass it on....
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05-04-2010, 11:12 AM
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What I like is the fact they're talking about giving $5,000,000 to 10,000,000 people and don't realise that that doesn't add up to $50 billion, like they think, but actually $50 trillion.
The very first set of numbers in the email and it's so far out.
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05-04-2010, 02:20 PM
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As for the OP, isn't that roughly what we give our Pollies? A better idea than the $100 on alcohol, would be to just raise taxes on Viagra. Imagine the sales tax revenue if over 50's had nothing better to do?
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05-04-2010, 02:26 PM
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But really, you want to fix the economy? You take the billions the government spends on scaremongering and replicating Orwell's 1984 and put the money into the development and preservation of local manufacturing. Give Australian's an incentive to buy locally produced clothing, cars and technologies.
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05-04-2010, 02:47 PM
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Hillarious, But must admint Flappist, These days I take every post of yours a "hypothecial" You are famous for them afterall!!
If this were the case, I'd be looking to buy a tow truck company in anticipation of all the drunken over 50's driving/crashing their brand new cars. Jim Goose, You owe me for medical costs after I fell off the stool laughing.
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