They get more in welfare. This BS must stop. I'm sick to death of funding it. The days of welfare entitlement must stop.
HALF of Australian families receive more in welfare than they pay in income tax, new figures reveal.
As the Abbott government sharpens its budget razor on welfare, the figures reveal just how dependent we have become.
The exclusive modelling for News Corp Australia by the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling at the University of Canberra reveals 48 per cent of Australia’s 12.2 million “income units” pay no net tax. Any tax they do contribute is more than offset by the welfare — pensions, family tax benefits or childcare rebates — they receive.
The analysis also reveals for the first time which family types are most reliant on the public purse.
HALF of Australian families receive more in welfare than they pay in income tax, new figures reveal.
As the Abbott government sharpens its budget razor on welfare, the figures reveal just how dependent we’ve become.
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The exclusive modelling for News Corp Australia by the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling at the University of Canberra reveals 48 per cent of Australia’s 12.2 million “income units” pay no net tax. Any tax they do contribute is more than offset by the welfare — pensions, family tax benefits or childcare rebates — they receive.
The analysis also reveals for the first time which family types are most reliant on the public purse.
HALF of Australian families receive more in welfare than they pay in income tax, new figures reveal.
As the Abbott government sharpens its budget razor on welfare, the figures reveal just how dependent we’ve become.
LATEST STORIES: Budget 2014
BUDGET 2014: Government considers raising fuel tax
The exclusive modelling for News Corp Australia by the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling at the University of Canberra reveals 48 per cent of Australia’s 12.2 million “income units” pay no net tax. Any tax they do contribute is more than offset by the welfare — pensions, family tax benefits or childcare rebates — they receive.
The analysis also reveals for the first time which family types are most reliant on the public purse......
