Russell, at 10:19 on Apr 26 1996, you wrote ...

RS>>>> Good, you should. What its about is you making some 
RS>>>> decent provision for the inevitable times when you wont 
RS>>>> be employed, saving some money so you dont need to just 
RS>>>> stick your snout into the trough when the inevitable 
RS>>>> happens, your current job stops. Why does it make the 
RS>>>> slightest sense for you to spend it all while you are 
RS>>>> working, and then expect US to support you when you aint 
RS>>>> currently working ?

KR>>> if it is *inevitable* then it will happen to everybody so 
KR>>> everybody will contribute while they work, and benefit 
KR>>> when they dont. seems quite fair.

DD>> I would suggest that quite a proportion have never 
DD>> contributed to the "system",
DD>> or have contributed very little.

RB> Seems there are a lot of New Zealanders over here taking 
RB> advantage of Australia's Social security benefits and not 
RB> contributing. 

Statistics I saw published a little while back showed that number of NZers
was nowhere near the top of the ethnic groups bludging on the dole. 
Certain European groups were . . .

RB> Glad to see that they are not ALL the same.

You mean that I am a taxpayer?  I have had two occasions since I arrived in
this country in 1980 to receive payments from the Australian tax paying
public.  On both occasions I had found employment within 6 weeks.

RB> Every society has its bludgers...Seems to me that the last 
RB> few generations of Australians have produced more than 
RB> Australia's share.

Not just here.  New Zealand has a few as well.

David
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