tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post5183698862590374267..comments2024-03-22T18:15:47.666+11:00Comments on Boy on a bike: Graphing workers vs bludgersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-72677037288779681572009-03-26T17:17:00.000+11:002009-03-26T17:17:00.000+11:00Probably coming in late with this, but I think wha...Probably coming in late with this, but I think what the graph states is quite obvious. Of course with more bludgers to each worker, the median taxable income is going to be less. The jump after the 6 mark though is most likely due to changes in attitudes in those areas. The go getters gather in one place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-72494419494875388752009-03-20T19:29:00.000+11:002009-03-20T19:29:00.000+11:00Why is there not a note with the Norfolk Island st...Why is there not a note with the Norfolk Island stats? That's what there should be, unless somehow someone's lost them... gee, that'd be out of character...kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819693069445947851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-2297671258196371342009-03-20T15:21:00.000+11:002009-03-20T15:21:00.000+11:00Thank you for the correction. Sounds like you lot...Thank you for the correction. Sounds like you lot might have it right. Maybe we should be copying you.<BR/><BR/>My apologies for mis-interpreting the raw stats. But someone is paying tax - who might they be?Boy on a bikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452119541546978454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-5587968436013240032009-03-20T14:34:00.000+11:002009-03-20T14:34:00.000+11:00BOABre. Norfolk Island.I think you got this a bit ...BOAB<BR/>re. Norfolk Island.<BR/>I think you got this a bit wrong.<BR/>No mainland status and benefits, so not the same obligations either.<BR/>Otherwise you are spot on with the rest.<BR/>Good stuff.<BR/>Bert.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-12086944945580498532009-03-20T08:43:00.000+11:002009-03-20T08:43:00.000+11:00These are the Facts from one of us that live on No...These are the Facts from one of us that live on Norfolk Island.<BR/><BR/>1) We are an External territory of Australia but choose not pay any Australian Tax <BR/>2) We are not eligible for your Dole or your Medicare.<BR/>3) We do not receive any aid money from Australia like your Australian country towns and other Pacific Islands<BR/>4) We do not have any unemployment problems on the Island. (This is because we do not have the dole here to support bludgers)<BR/><BR/>I suggest that you visit the Island and you may be surprised as to how we actually make ends meet without much support from the mother country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-66815952343084257032009-03-20T00:48:00.000+11:002009-03-20T00:48:00.000+11:00Excellent post, BOAB, if only our economists spoke...Excellent post, BOAB, if only our economists spoke so plainly. Most people in western countries now expect welfare, but there are fundamental aspects like this that have to be right for it to work.Margo's Maidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033240632142631251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-633750009328954292009-03-20T00:08:00.000+11:002009-03-20T00:08:00.000+11:00My teeth grind about the attitude to earnings and ...My teeth grind about the attitude to earnings and productivity in this country.<BR/><BR/>We are now self-funded "consumers" living comfortably, BUT we had every dollar of our assets on the line for 30 years in a business that employed and trained more than 100 people over that period, we paid company, payroll, state and personal taxes as required, and raised and educated a family.<BR/><BR/>Our superannuation money is still supporting Australian industry and commerce through investment, employment and taxation.<BR/><BR/>That's why I have brain explosions about ignorant people who believe all jobs can be shifted to unproductive green technology, and that legitimate productive business doesn't count.<BR/><BR/>See, boab, I can rant as hard as you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com