23/09/2018
OVERPAID PARASITES
by Jeffrey Hodges
If you're one of the thousands of hospitality or retail workers who recently had their penalty rates cut, or one of the 1.8 Million Aussies struggling to make ends meet on the minimum wage, then it's time to share some outrage at how our politicians and senior bureaucrats are gouging the public trough.
Annual Salary
Prime Minister $ 527,000 +
Premier $ 390,000 +
Opposition Leader $ 320,000 +
Minister $ 320,000 +
‘Junior’ MP $ 150,000 +
BCC Lord Mayor $ 295,000 +
Council CEO $ 500,000 +
Directors General $ 500,000 +
Head of PM's Dept $850,000 +
They are pretty sobering salary statistics to swallow with the rest of the bitter pills of increasing electricity prices, toll roads, rate increases, and so on that these parasites are responsible for.
Of course these are just ‘base salaries’, and don’t include all the other perks and privileges they are ‘entitled’ to receive – like cars, offices, free air travel, etc. etc etc.
The Premier now actually earns MORE than the salaries of the leaders of China, India and Russia combined !
What is even more concerning is that the salaries of senior public ‘servants’ are even greater than that of the politicians they ‘serve’! For instance, in addition to the outrageous salary of $500,000+ paid to the Brisbane City Council CEO, there are seventy council executives now earning over $200,000 per year.
Add to this the thousands of state and federal public servant ‘executives’ on salaries ranging from $400,000+ to over $850,000+ for the head of the PM’s department!
Why are we paying these unelected, bureaucratic pen pushers so much!
Of course, there is a deafening silence on this issue from both ALP and LNP politicians who all have their greedy snouts firmly in the public trough, while the rest of us struggle to make ends meet with the ever increasing costs of living.
Unfortunately, we still have to pay these greedy selfish parasites even when they are sacked!
For instance ex-prime ministers (such as Turnbull, Abbott, Rudd, Gillard, et al), all get six figure pensions, PLUS a number of facilities at the discretion of the prime minister of the day - including car costs, office establishment and lease costs, smartphones, stationery and publications. It also allows them to expense “non-commercial” domestic and family travel.
This all lasts until they die.
WE SAY : “CUT THEIR SALARIES & REMOVE THEIR SPECIAL PERKS !”
We call for a significant reduction in the excessive salaries paid to politicians and senior public servants.
When there are 1.8 million Aussies struggling on the minimum wage of less than $40,000 a year, and a further 3 million who depend on an age or disability pension of $20,000 - $25,000, to pay politicians and public servants so much is obscene.
We Suggest the following changes to politicians entitlements :
1. Scrap all special 'political pensions'. Politicians can participate in the very generous public service superannuation plan, just like other public 'servants'.
2. Retired politicians (past, present & future) should not receive any salary at all - if they are under 65 they can go get a job, or apply for Centrelink unemployment benefits like other Australians. Terminated politicians over 65 can apply for the aged pension - like everyone else.
3. Politicians should lose their privileged health care system and participate in the same health care system as ordinary Australian people - they either pay for private cover, or use Medicare.
4. Retired politicians to stop receiving free travel, and other perks (eg an office) Why does a retired politician need an office anyway?
OVERPAID PARASITES
by Jeffrey Hodges
If you're one of the thousands of hospitality or retail workers who recently had their penalty rates cut, or one of the 1.8 Million Aussies struggling to make ends meet on the minimum wage, then it's time to share some outrage at how our politicians and senior bureaucrats are gouging the public trough.
Annual Salary
Prime Minister $ 527,000 +
Premier $ 390,000 +
Opposition Leader $ 320,000 +
Minister $ 320,000 +
‘Junior’ MP $ 150,000 +
BCC Lord Mayor $ 295,000 +
Council CEO $ 500,000 +
Directors General $ 500,000 +
Head of PM's Dept $850,000 +
They are pretty sobering salary statistics to swallow with the rest of the bitter pills of increasing electricity prices, toll roads, rate increases, and so on that these parasites are responsible for.
Of course these are just ‘base salaries’, and don’t include all the other perks and privileges they are ‘entitled’ to receive – like cars, offices, free air travel, etc. etc etc.
The Premier now actually earns MORE than the salaries of the leaders of China, India and Russia combined !
What is even more concerning is that the salaries of senior public ‘servants’ are even greater than that of the politicians they ‘serve’! For instance, in addition to the outrageous salary of $500,000+ paid to the Brisbane City Council CEO, there are seventy council executives now earning over $200,000 per year.
Add to this the thousands of state and federal public servant ‘executives’ on salaries ranging from $400,000+ to over $850,000+ for the head of the PM’s department!
Why are we paying these unelected, bureaucratic pen pushers so much!
Of course, there is a deafening silence on this issue from both ALP and LNP politicians who all have their greedy snouts firmly in the public trough, while the rest of us struggle to make ends meet with the ever increasing costs of living.
Unfortunately, we still have to pay these greedy selfish parasites even when they are sacked!
For instance ex-prime ministers (such as Turnbull, Abbott, Rudd, Gillard, et al), all get six figure pensions, PLUS a number of facilities at the discretion of the prime minister of the day - including car costs, office establishment and lease costs, smartphones, stationery and publications. It also allows them to expense “non-commercial” domestic and family travel.
This all lasts until they die.
WE SAY : “CUT THEIR SALARIES & REMOVE THEIR SPECIAL PERKS !”
We call for a significant reduction in the excessive salaries paid to politicians and senior public servants.
When there are 1.8 million Aussies struggling on the minimum wage of less than $40,000 a year, and a further 3 million who depend on an age or disability pension of $20,000 - $25,000, to pay politicians and public servants so much is obscene.
We Suggest the following changes to politicians entitlements :
1. Scrap all special 'political pensions'. Politicians can participate in the very generous public service superannuation plan, just like other public 'servants'.
2. Retired politicians (past, present & future) should not receive any salary at all - if they are under 65 they can go get a job, or apply for Centrelink unemployment benefits like other Australians. Terminated politicians over 65 can apply for the aged pension - like everyone else.
3. Politicians should lose their privileged health care system and participate in the same health care system as ordinary Australian people - they either pay for private cover, or use Medicare.
4. Retired politicians to stop receiving free travel, and other perks (eg an office) Why does a retired politician need an office anyway?
