DOESN’T SEEM RIGHT
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It is clear if Labor wins government and removes the refundable franking credits I will have less income.
Like many baby boomers my share be investments pay for my comfortable lifestyle.
Unlike Mr Kolomeitz, however, I will happy to forgo franking credit income.
That is because I am not comfortable asking my kids to pay for the infrastructure, security, health care and government services that I enjoy.
I own shares in big Australian companies.
They pay tax to the government.
The government gives that tax to me.
I do not pay tax on my super. Therefore the government forgoes tax on company profits.
Who pays for all the services I enjoy – my kids.
That does not seem fair.
Colin Lonergan, Lake Tabourie
BLUE MILE STINK
We are so lucky to have such a beautiful , visual splendour like the blue mile, but ...
The behaviour of pet owners who allow their dogs to soil the walkway is unacceptable and the actions of selfish bike riders who speed and dart in and out of pedestrians is also unacceptable.
Most dog owners and most bike riders do the right thing but it's the rebels who spoil it for the rest of us.
So maybe a dividing fence could be erected from the cutting to the continental baths and this might give us all a real break from each other and isolate the riders from the walkers.
The directions on the path are badly placed as it keeps the walkers and riders in the same area and this gets congested and when a rider is going faster they spread out and ride in the walking area thus avoiding people and darting in and out causing the problems.
Rangers are quick to act on pet owners who don't follow the rules, so should they act toward riders who go too fast and put others at risk.
This was doomed to fail as soon as they combined the two so either do something about it or ban bikes from this area.
It was so different when the mile was closed and the bikes had to hit the road on Cliff Rd.
No bikes on the footpath and everyone was happy.
Don't take my word for it.
Ask the people we are there walking and riding.
T Dunn, West Wollongong
A POLICY SHIFT?
The Prime Minister seems to think that he has to state a preference for a female to follow Kelly O'Dwyer as the preselected candidate for her seat of Higgins for the next election.
I thought the Liberal Party did not need such endorsements or quotas, as they only select candidates on merit.
Has the PM changed his mind on this subject?
Jennie Morris, Wollongong
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