[Windflier]

Since when is confiscating less of a citizen's property considered a "benefit from the government" by any conservative?

[gunnyg]

But how bout “loosed’?
Is that a good thing or what?????

[fluorescence]

Although its name includes the word ‘tax’ to misleadingly suggest some sort of connection with productive activity, the “Family Tax Benefit” referred to is a welfare scheme for families with children, paid and administered by the welfare agency, separately from the tax system. There is no requirement to work to get it, the amount of the welfare payment decreases as a family earns more money, and it is entirely possible to get paid more than you paid in taxes. It really is a benefit.

[AnalogReigns]

Didn’t know this was a conversation about the legality of the taxes in Australia....rather about the BENEFITS doled out to families there.

A family should not expect government aid—unless it properly takes care of their children. Seems like a reasonable demand.

I’d rather not have the government dole out benefits at all, but, that’s not the world we live in.

A bit like demanding welfare recipients in the USA not to be illegal drug users.