What the budget has really cost

I am approaching my 83rd birthday. Both my wife and I had been in receipt of free, prescriptive medicine, but, of course, no longer.

What the budget has really cost
Wed, 30 Oct, 2013 - 00:00
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The Government makes the case, overall, that the budget is fair; income tax has not been raised.

The effects of the budget will cost my wife and I — and thousands of others — the following:

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