Thursday, Apr 26, 2012 at 08:15
So does a hell of a lot of social security payments. I sometimes wonder why I subsidise tertiary study and child minding.
Mikehzz: Where is the difference here. You could also say that child minding subsidy is a rort as
well when you look at it that way. We need to understand the whole story.
You are opening up a can of worms. I understand your thoughts exactly and have though that myself especially when you drive through a new suburb and
check out the ages of the families and how many new cars are parked there. And in my youngest sons also. New car, new house and two kids in preschool. And he works 12+ hours a day seven days a week as a baker in his own
shop. We saved for 20 years to buy our first house on one Army income. And it did not have an ensuite or even a garage. That was in 1988 and not that long ago.
As for the subsidy; In our case I would not get doctors approval to drive just to Cameron's Corner because I do not have mobile phone access there. That's what he said. EPIRBs SPOTs and HF not acceptable. Simple.
To answer the post in a nutshell we got about 45% of the cost back and ended up paying just over $850 all up. And we haven't even used it. Thank God.
Phil
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