tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post5464668938541329014..comments2024-03-27T16:27:03.093+02:00Comments on Shiloh Musings: Yair Lapid's Economic Scare MongeringBatyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-52343945473458744312013-07-07T12:38:32.126+03:002013-07-07T12:38:32.126+03:00Again I ask you why you would be starving with the...Again I ask you why you would be starving with the Australian plan?<br /><br />Why aren't people like you starving in Australia?<br /><br />Not the the Australian plan is perfect but it's better than the sinkhole we're falling down into here.Shy Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09104227389210314550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-78856220103211819212013-07-06T22:53:22.526+03:002013-07-06T22:53:22.526+03:00I'm referring to ordinary struggling people li...I'm referring to ordinary struggling people like myself who'd be starving without my Bituach leumi old age payments.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-53178941154422720782013-07-06T21:36:41.028+03:002013-07-06T21:36:41.028+03:00Are people starving and dying in Australia since t...Are people starving and dying in Australia since they made the switch.<br /><br />Israelis who didn't make enough money are indeed living in abject poverty off of the crumbs that Bituach Leumi throws at them.<br /><br />And if you want to LIMIT Bituach Leumi to handle the truly downtrodden, that's already a step in the right direction, because the more money you funnel into Bituach Leumi, the greater the waste.<br /><br />And even that is a bad thing because in any case, the destitute are more dependent on the private charity organizations anyway for food and funds and they are more efficient than BL will ever be.<br /><br />If you insist, a low forcing each taxpayer to pay 10% of their money to the legitimate charities of their choice would be better than BL for both the donors and the recipients.Shy Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09104227389210314550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-89155180509864821052013-07-04T22:52:07.028+03:002013-07-04T22:52:07.028+03:00Shy, not really. Many salaried workers don't ...Shy, not really. Many salaried workers don't make enough to invest in private pensions. Bituach Leumi is so low you need extra pensions to live as it is. And what would you do in the decades in between the old and the new? Should people just starve and die?Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-24167869296629450252013-07-04T09:01:41.644+03:002013-07-04T09:01:41.644+03:00Batya, it's less complicated than the Ponzi sc...Batya, it's less complicated than the Ponzi schemes in place - and how!Shy Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09104227389210314550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-52302952372420743482013-07-03T22:44:55.855+03:002013-07-03T22:44:55.855+03:00Shy, it's not so simple.
Leah, very true.Shy, it's not so simple.<br /><br />Leah, very true.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-89244539774954572002013-07-03T15:03:01.748+03:002013-07-03T15:03:01.748+03:00and regarding raising VAT - that will just encoura...and regarding raising VAT - that will just encourage people to flout it, lowering total revenue instead of raising it.<br /><br />how many times has a repairman said to you, "do you want a receipt or not? with a receipt I have to add VAT." and that raises the cost *significantly*.Leah, Maaleh Adumimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-16641815684168830422013-07-03T13:34:53.823+03:002013-07-03T13:34:53.823+03:00There's nothing evil in this aspect of the pyr...<i>There's nothing evil in this aspect of the pyramid system; this is just a fact of life.</i><br />-------------------------------------<br /><br />Wrong! Bituach Leumi spends more money than it takes in, just like social security. This in spite of Israel's population growth.<br /><br />Pay your own way! Leave your children (and mine) out of it! <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-30/in-australia-retirement-saving-done-right" rel="nofollow"><i><b>Learn from Australia</b></i></a> - at least partially.Shy Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09104227389210314550noreply@blogger.com