OT:Kerry Packer's taxpayer-funded memorial service
12-30-2005, 02:10 PM
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OT:Kerry Packer's taxpayer-funded memorial service
"KERRY Packer will be honoured with a taxpayer-funded state memorial service after the billionaire's family accepted the offer from PM John Howard. "
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/commo...255E601,00.html
The guy was worth 7 Billion dollars and now we're paying for a state memorial service?
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/commo...255E601,00.html
The guy was worth 7 Billion dollars and now we're paying for a state memorial service?
12-30-2005, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Muz,Dec 31 2005, 09:10 AM
"KERRY Packer will be honoured with a taxpayer-funded state memorial service after the billionaire's family accepted the offer from PM John Howard. " ................................. The guy was worth 7 Billion dollars and now we're paying for a state memorial service?
12-30-2005, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by blacks2k,Dec 31 2005, 11:04 AM
who got state funerals recently??
12-30-2005, 05:40 PM
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cool, but i dont really want to have to search, a simple answer of a few names could have sufficed.
but i agree, kp would probably be the most likely candidate for a state funeral, he probably will have a few buildings and such named after him as well in the future
but i agree, kp would probably be the most likely candidate for a state funeral, he probably will have a few buildings and such named after him as well in the future
12-30-2005, 06:25 PM
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The PM rewarding his mates I'd say. He knows KP had a hand in his success. For anyone who thinks he deserves a state funeral for his philanthropic acts, just imagine how many defibrilators could have been bought with the tax he didn't pay. I think Howard has misread this one and it may well backfire at the polls.
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12-30-2005, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by naishou,Dec 31 2005, 01:25 PM
The PM rewarding his mates I'd say. He knows KP had a hand in his success. For anyone who thinks he deserves a state funeral for his philanthropic acts, just imagine how many defibrilators could have been bought with the tax he didn't pay. I think Howard has misread this one and it may well backfire at the polls.
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I would guess that even with all the taxes that KP has dodged, he has probably payed enough taxes to keep a small country running ... including big part of Australia. Also how many people have made a living because of him?
I don't have any strong feeling one way or the other, but why not some of that meney be returned to him in terms of the funeral?
IMHO, KP dodging 90% of his taxes, and still paying (let's say) $1Bil in taxes over his life is better than someone who never got a job, never dodged any taxes, and at the same time has not payed a cent to the Govt.
I don't have any strong feeling one way or the other, but why not some of that meney be returned to him in terms of the funeral?
IMHO, KP dodging 90% of his taxes, and still paying (let's say) $1Bil in taxes over his life is better than someone who never got a job, never dodged any taxes, and at the same time has not payed a cent to the Govt.