Labor wants death taxes.

[brian ross]

Oh, dearie, dearie, me. Some people want death taxes, some people don't. You do understand the concept of democracy, don't you? People vote representatives into parliament, the representatives decide who is going to form government and that government determines what policies it is going to follow. How long do you think an ALP Government would last that reintroduced death taxes? Mmmm?

Now, why did the Government get rid of death taxes in the first place? Anybody care to answer me that one? Or is it too difficult, Mmmm?

[Bobby]

Oh, dearie, dearie, me. Some people want death taxes, some people don't. You do understand the concept of democracy, don't you? People vote representatives into parliament, the representatives decide who is going to form government and that government determines what policies it is going to follow. How long do you think an ALP Government would last that reintroduced death taxes? Mmmm?

Now, why did the Government get rid of death taxes in the first place? Anybody care to answer me that one? Or is it too difficult, Mmmm?

You can explain it Brian.

I feel sorry for all those people out there who could never afford to buy
a house and were hoping to move into their parents family home
when their parents passed away.
Now they'll have to sell that family home to pay the taxes.
Some Chinese investor will probably buy it and charge them exorbitant rent
to move back in.

[brian ross]

Oh, dearie, dearie, me. Some people want death taxes, some people don't. You do understand the concept of democracy, don't you? People vote representatives into parliament, the representatives decide who is going to form government and that government determines what policies it is going to follow. How long do you think an ALP Government would last that reintroduced death taxes? Mmmm?

Now, why did the Government get rid of death taxes in the first place? Anybody care to answer me that one? Or is it too difficult, Mmmm?

You can explain it Brian.

I feel sorry for all those people out there who could never afford to buy
a house and were hoping to move into their parents family home
when their parents passed away.
Now they'll have to sell that family home to pay the taxes.
Some Chinese investor will probably buy it and charge them exorbitant rent
to move back in.

They have to sell the home anyway, to pay for their parents' old age care, Bobby - another policy brought in by the Tories, IIRC. Funny that, hey?

Run along, Bobby, you can't hide your money under your bed in case the Gays under their steal it, right? Tsk, tsk. one scare campaign after another. You lot are really getting desperate.

The voters are getting their cricket bats ready for you lot, you realise?

[Bobby]

They have to sell the home anyway, to pay for their parents' old age care, Bobby - another policy brought in by the Tories, IIRC. Funny that, hey?

Run along, Bobby, you can't hide your money under your bed in case the Gays under their steal it, right? Tsk, tsk. one scare campaign after another. You lot are really getting desperate.

The voters are getting their cricket bats ready for you lot, you realise?

Run along now Brian -
the playground awaits you -
this little chat is for adults. tsk tsk.

[Black Orchid]

Re-introducing death duties is an abysmally stupid thing to do that will hurt the little people more than anyone. I doubt it will win moob Billy a great deal of support. Tax tax tax!

[Bobby]

Re-introducing death duties is an abysmally stupid thing to do that will hurt the little people more than anyone. I doubt it will win moob Billy a great deal of support. Tax tax tax!

It's on the cards, so be prepared.

[Black Orchid]

Bill Shorten must think he killed a Chinaman and is thus under seven years of bad luck when he heard his union masters calling for a green light for people smugglers and worse—’death taxes’ on inheritance money and presumably, all other assets. Go ahead you dopes, do it!

That alone should jolt the senses of every Australian with living parents. Especially those parents that believed in working their guts out, going without, scrimping and saving so they could shuffle off to God leaving it all to their kids to piss up against the wall—as so often is the case. The parents will be gone from the clutches of avaricious Labor crooks and so will the children’s inheritance—the mere mention of death taxes, etc is political suicide. The kids in dire disappointment would have to be total morons to vote Labor—ever!

[Black Orchid]

POWERFUL union leaders are calling for Bill Shorten to introduce a death tax in their latest demand ahead of the federal election.

The call for a new tax on children who inherit cash and property when their parents die comes after the Australian Council of Trade Unions pressured Mr Shorten to announce he would stop turning back people-smuggling boats and end offshore detention if Labor wins government.

The Saturday Telegraph can today reveal the ACTU this week agreed to a plan to push for an inheritance tax, which was abolished in Australia almost 40 years ago.

“An inheritance tax on the wealthiest estates can restore fairness to our tax system and ensure the very wealthy and big business pay tax,” an ACTU spokesman told The Saturday Telegraph.

In a policy document signed off by ACTU members this week it states: “Consideration should be given to taxing inheritances in the hands of the beneficiary.

“A lifetime threshold could be made available to the taxpayer with tax payable once cumulative inheritances exceeded the threshold.”

Asked if Labor would consider an inheritance tax, Mr Shorten referred the question to shadow treasurer Chris Bowen, whose spokesman said: “Labor has no plans for an inheritance tax.”

Mr Shorten also did not comment yesterday on the ACTU’s demands he wind back the government’s tough border protection policies.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday accused Mr Shorten of being controlled by “union paymasters” who were demanding that he “weaken our border protection, which will again outsource our borders to people smugglers”. “The prospect of a Bill Shorten government controlled by unions, weakening our border protection policies, outsourcing our sovereignty, our borders to people smugglers, that is a real threat to the security of Australia.”

[Outlaw Yogi]

Interesting how debt has substantially increased under the Tories.

Even more interesting is how Rudd/Gillard/Rudd Labor locked in the debt cylce with unproductive commitments like Gonski and NDIS.
When Abbott and Hockey tried reigning in the spendathon via budgetary measures the Laboral parasites went into meltdown.
So Turnbull, the best Labor PM the Liberal Party has ever given us chose to stick with the 'spend 'em into debt' rationale.

As for death duties, it's always been a Labor instituted tax. Joh Bjelkie Peanutfarmer abolished it, and over time the other states, even communist Victoria followed suit.
AS for Bobby's question "is the Labor Party a communist party?" ... well the Labour Party was founded by communist unionists, so it only stands to reason that an org owned by the Fabian Society and run by unionists would be communist ... although they prefer the pinko term 'socialist'.

[Outlaw Yogi]

The voters are getting their cricket bats ready for you lot, you realise?

No actually they're getting their jack boots ready to stomp you lot.

Notice how in recent years the left wing media keeps saying "the lefties are going to win" yet they lose?
Well that's wishful thinking and determination for self fulfilling prophecies.

Labor won't win til they ditch Shorten, it's that simple.
I don't agree with most of Albanese's policy sentiments, but he does seem like a decent bloke.
Where as Shorten is just sleazy vermin, and everyone, including Labor true believers know it.