Pensioners give them a fair go
The Hon Jenny Macklin MP
Minister for Familles,
Housing, and Community Services
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
22nd September 08
On reading your Budget Report in the “News for Seniors” has inspired me to give you a suggestion on how you could better help Pensioned Off Aged Pensioners.
I believe the governments could better help Pensioners by scrapping some of the means test, give the Pensioners a chance to help them selves, without making them a victim of there unfortunate circumstances.
With the shortage of employes in Australia would it not be better to allow Pensioners to help in a way by allowing them to do a little work for the community for whatever money they can earn over and above there Pension, without being victimized by deducting money from there miserable Pension,
I believe the Pension should be looked on as a payback for paying taxes all our lives, and not as if the Governments are giving us some kind of handout.
If the Government would look at this with an Open Mind it would solve a lot of problems for Pensioners and the shortage in work force, for example if they were allowed to do jobs such as a handy man or house keeping for Working Families for a small amount of money, this would help both parties, those small business’s and there employees who are working all day then have to come home and start work, Cleaning, Cooking, taking care of there children, for example in Singapore Families running a small Business Employ full time Malay housekeepers who live in the home, cleaning and cooking all day or at there own leisure, it works very well, thousands of Malay’s commute over the Border with special passes, this has contributed to Singapore Prosperity in the last 30 years.
With the high cost of living would it not be better to allow the Pensioner to supplement his her Pension in this way over and above whatever the Pension should be, this would ease the Governments commitment and give the Pensioner some extra money to make there lives better, should they want a Holliday, or something to make there Miserable existence a little better, they would also feel better about them selves because mixing with the Community in this way would give them a feeling of Worth, without being victimized .
What all Governments do is Employ thousands of people to check Pensioners Incomes, give them a go, and leave them alone, they don’t cause much harm to the community they could be a Positive force in our Community, we have a lot of Knowledge from past experience, and why should we have to be passing on this well earn't knowledge for nothing only as Volunteers.
Yours sincerely
Albert Flatman
P.O. Box 1752
Fremantle 6959
AUSTRALIA
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The Hon Jenny Macklin MP
Minister for Familles,
Housing, and Community Services
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
22nd September 08
On reading your Budget Report in the “News for Seniors” has inspired me to give you a suggestion on how you could better help Pensioned Off Aged Pensioners.
I believe the governments could better help Pensioners by scrapping some of the means test, give the Pensioners a chance to help them selves, without making them a victim of there unfortunate circumstances.
With the shortage of employes in Australia would it not be better to allow Pensioners to help in a way by allowing them to do a little work for the community for whatever money they can earn over and above there Pension, without being victimized by deducting money from there miserable Pension,
I believe the Pension should be looked on as a payback for paying taxes all our lives, and not as if the Governments are giving us some kind of handout.
If the Government would look at this with an Open Mind it would solve a lot of problems for Pensioners and the shortage in work force, for example if they were allowed to do jobs such as a handy man or house keeping for Working Families for a small amount of money, this would help both parties, those small business’s and there employees who are working all day then have to come home and start work, Cleaning, Cooking, taking care of there children, for example in Singapore Families running a small Business Employ full time Malay housekeepers who live in the home, cleaning and cooking all day or at there own leisure, it works very well, thousands of Malay’s commute over the Border with special passes, this has contributed to Singapore Prosperity in the last 30 years.
With the high cost of living would it not be better to allow the Pensioner to supplement his her Pension in this way over and above whatever the Pension should be, this would ease the Governments commitment and give the Pensioner some extra money to make there lives better, should they want a Holliday, or something to make there Miserable existence a little better, they would also feel better about them selves because mixing with the Community in this way would give them a feeling of Worth, without being victimized .
What all Governments do is Employ thousands of people to check Pensioners Incomes, give them a go, and leave them alone, they don’t cause much harm to the community they could be a Positive force in our Community, we have a lot of Knowledge from past experience, and why should we have to be passing on this well earn't knowledge for nothing only as Volunteers.
Yours sincerely
Albert Flatman
P.O. Box 1752
Fremantle 6959
AUSTRALIA
Send your Letters to Above address and we will atempt to post them on a new Blog,
remember to include your name and address, Comments are not to be defamatory,
please just give your opinions, on these subjects. Letters will not be edited .
We will not ENDORSE these letters. PEC
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