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Stimulus Package...are you kidding me?

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After several waves of unreasonablely dumb stimulus packages introduced in 2008/2009, there is finally light at the end of the tunnel as Bryan Pape launched a challenge in the Aussie High Court. http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25209406-5006301,00.html First of all, I have to admit that the stimulus packages are designed to stablise the Australian economy in essence but unfortunately, the way of delivering the packages are fundamentally flawed. For instance, the controversial $900 bonus cash payment to tax payers. Should the High Court rule in favor of the government, there will be millions of dollars given away to those people who will be hardly beneficial to the current economy. I will be the one to witness how the criminals in jail, drug users buying more crystal etc will help the economy to recover. On the other hand, thousands of the people who are in need of money will not get the bonus as they did not pay any tax in the last financial year. But how about those ...

Friends

After a full 2 months of holiday (Or Laziness), I guess it's about time for me to resume my currently idle blog. In my recent trip to Hong Kong, I've realized something important...or perhaps remembering what otherwise is forgotten... that's my friends. For my ever enlarging group of friends, I guess I lost track of my truly best friends along the way. One would think all those previous emotions and memories will be ever longlasting but instead they got burried within as time goes by. However, no matter how deep they got burried, seeing them in Hong Kong surely awoke part of it...if not all... It felt like if I have travelled through time and back to the old times...even without exchange of words, yet remembering every single thing that we have ever done together instantly. That leads me to think for all the things that I've ever done inappropriately or wrongly in the past, and want to let you guys know that I'm sorry sincerely and please forgive me. And for one of ...