1. Teen claimed she was kidnapped and gang raped. Two weeks later, she’s admitted to making it up.
Breana Talbott lied about 2 black men raping her as another held her down, police say https://t.co/qThkxGm2Op pic.twitter.com/LOc7IF4AHS
— Liz Farmer (@liz_farmer) March 22, 2017
A Texas teenager who ran into a church and claimed that “three black males” wearing ski masks had abducted and raped her has admitted it was all a hoax, police say.
According to the Dallas News, Brianna Harmon Talbott confessed she had made up the story to police on Tuesday.
The next day, she was arrested on a charge of making a false report to officers.
The 18-year-old was reported missing by her fiancé on March 8, after finding her car with the driver’s door open, and her phone, keys and one shoe nearby.
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that girl should face a harsh penalty. because of incidents like hers even more women and girls will face not being believed that they were raped than the already high number there already is. its one of the few crimes that the victim faces accusations of blame more than the perpetrator too often as it is
#3 really annoys me. Families earning over $350k are going to be the biggest tax payers, yet they get CUT OFF from any childcare subsidies. That is so unfair. If both parents want to return to work in order to be able to continue their careers, they are going to be doing so for free, or for barely any money, as so much money will be going to childcare.
I have no problem with paying nearly half my wage in tax for the benefit of society....but it does piss me off that I am then excluded from enjoying the benefits of my significant contribution.
The whole idea is so that people who struggle to pay childcare costs due to earning less can afford to work and pay childcare. Sorry but as the Liberal Party keep hammering in to us, 'the age of entitlement is over'. It isn't about who pays more tax or that those who earn more should benefit; government handouts should be about helping those who struggle so that there is equality in our society. If the rich help the poor, rather than helping themselves to benefits, then our society would be much better off.
"I have no problem with paying nearly half my wage in tax for the benefit of society"
you do realise that if the top marginal tax rate is 45%, you're not paying 45% of your total income in tax?
And as someone who doesn't have children, can I complain about not being able to benefit from the childcare payment changes?
It's all swings and roundabouts, your family are or will be able to take advantage of millions of PAYE employees subsidising your investment property, in the form of negative gearing.
As a property investor, your presence in the market is provided incentive by tax dollars, in turn elevating housing prices and locking lower-rung PAYE employees out of the housing market.
To you, these childcare fees are pretty immaterial, but the sub $65K families who can't own their house will likely never enjoy the free savings that a large asset appreciating can generate.
Further, they're likely to be single-parent families and thus, childcare isn't a choice.
This isn't sour grapes, I'm speaking as someone who has only just recently jumped off the negative gearing gravy train.
If a couple are pulling in over $350,000 a year and still expect subsidies from the Government, then the age of entitlement is well and truly entrenched in this country.