Time to give the over 50's a voice in budget debates on tax, retirement and work

I am in my late 60s and am still working. My superannuation I have had to use and only have a little left. With my wage and part age pension I still live below the poverty line. I don't own my unit and pay half my wage in rent. My savings are just enough to cover my funeral and I'm worried that will be taxed along with everything else. I firmly believe we have to do something drastic to get this country back on top after the stupid actions of the Labour Party. I am more than willing to help where I can, politicians should think and act on Australia's behalf not on whether they will win the next election. 

I personally believe the politicians should look after them selves after leaving politics. The burden is excessive , and ,we the tax payers , fund their excesses. 

We talk, the politicians talk, the pensioners talk but in the end NOBODY DOES ANYTHING! It seems pretty obvious to me that politicians should not receive anything further from their ex-employers when they have finished their job. It should also be obvious that people should pay taxes on ALL money they make from either investments, earnings or trading and that taxes should be lower on lower returns, higher on high returns and significantly higher on significantly higher returns. It should also be obvious that health and education services should be charged at a FAIR rate. What is a FAIR rate you ask? How about a rate that is based on a person's ability to pay without damaging their lifestyle or placing their future in doubt. The weakest link in a losing team is found at management level. 

I would like to see a cut in the government pension funding scheme. Seems to me it far out ways the average persons pension scheme. 

The biggest problem we have at the moment is the "spending" by all governments on themselves. This needs to be severely regulated by a 3rd party to stop the elected, (by us) government giving to themselves over and above what the rest of the population gets. And, once people reach 60yrs, the tax rate drops to a 5% flat rate tax. 

I plan to work till I am 67, 6 years from now. I have 1 son at Uni, 2 at sports high schools. After paying my mortgage, education, sporting fees and maintenance I have almost zero left once bills are done, life insurance and I am on good money. Tax breaks for those staying at work past 65 is a great incentive. I already access my deferred super and would not survive without doing so. Pity the people on low salary in similar situation. John 

I think people working after 70 years of age should be given their super directly , as one has to open a super account then if you only work twice a year , you can withdraw money then have to open a new account , most of the money is lost in administration fees . This annoys a lot of my co workers ( exam invigilators ) Thank you 

It is time that we had politicians interested in governing to benefit the nation & the people & provide for our needs not solely for the benefit of the politicians retaining their jobs & the party needs as their priority 

Politicians should be on the same superannuation & retirement benefits & limitations as all other workers. The original special benefits were to attract high quality proffessionals but now we are getting low quality candidates with no competency or experience to contribute, they are chosen for party priorities. 

I have no issue with politicians being paid a good wage my issue is they should not be paid any more once they are no longer in politics. When the rest of the population change jobs our former employee no longer pays us a wage and the job of a politician should be treated the same way, any privileges we had with our job also ended the day we left. So why are we continuing to pay huge amounts to people who no longer work for us.