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New ways for the Govt to screw you slowly

28 Apr 05:55am

Filed under: Julia Gillard, Labor, Satire, Senior Citizens, Welfare

I was delighted to learn this week that in yet another display of moral courage, the Gillard Government has decided to crack down on unemployed old people.

Let me get this straight… you're taking my pension? Pic: Kym Smith

After lamenting the lack of leadership and intellectual rigour in recent months, the news that the ALP was going to kick jobless senior citizens in the nuts made my heart swell with national pride.

Everyone knows there has long been a bunch of lazy semi-retirees who were just waiting to get themselves fired so they could rake in $227 a week. That’s why they staged the global financial crisis.

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mikem says:

05:57pm | 25/05/12

If you think this government is screwing you just wait until Tony Abbott gets his chance. Have a look at what is happening in the UK and you will get some idea of what it is going to be like. Read more »
James says:

12:58pm | 02/05/11

About time someone made those old bludgers get their arses off the couch, all they do all day is take drugs (tea and lipitor) and garden, they are a menace to society, bring back national service I say, dad’s army regiment. Read more »

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