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Sky falling doesn't happen over night.It generally takes some time for it to happen.As the current govt has so brilliantly stuffed up almost everything else it has touched, I don't suspect that the CT or the MRRT will be any different.Roll on the next federal election.
Why don't you have a go at politics UM, you know more than that bird did
Quote from: 847563 on June 30, 2012, 03:39:25Why don't you have a go at politics UM, you know more than that bird did I wouldn't lower myself, Phil. Unfortunately, the information I posted are the facts that so many Australians either fail to understand or simply refuse to understand due to their political leanings.I, for one, am someone who actually looks past the rhetoric and negativity of the likes of Tony Abbot, Alan Jones, Andrew Bolt etc and try to find the facts. Australians just don't understand that major economic reforms are necessary at times, e.g. the GST and the introduction of the Superannuation Guarantee scheme.The two examples above were both supposed to make the shy fall, just like the Mabo Decision was going to see the end of mining and mining exploration in this country. As we all know, the sky did not fall and Australia has had nothing but growth in the mining industry for the last two decades. Yet Tony Abbot insists the coal industry in Queensland will die a quick death with the CT & MRRT. This is despite the FACT that megabillions worth of mining investment is occurring in QLD, NSW & WA.
Why did you only pick Liberal members/supporters in the media when you talk about negativity?That wouldn't be a political leaning you have there, would it? The only reason Australia came through the GFC as well as it did (albeit massively in debt) is because when Labor took office they were left with AAA credit ratings and budget surplus.Then Labor went on a spending spree wasting vast amounts of tax payers dollars and disguised it as necessary in order to boost the nation's economy. Then they try to take credit for it.Wayne Swan would have to be one of this nation's worst ever treasurers.I'm no political expert but I'm not stupid either and I can think of many, many ways they could have done that whilst actually benefitting the nation rather than crippling it.But it's ok, Liberal will get back in and will then be blamed for poor government as they tighten belts to bring the country's finances back in order. It happens every time. They can never properly govern in their own right because they're always having to be focussed on paying back Labor's massive debts caused by insensible spending as though we are a bottomless pit.And then Labor has the nerve to tell working Australians that we have to prepare for tight times ahead to bring in budget surplus!Mind you, they don't cut foreign aid spending - that still increases.We can still afford to build hundreds, yes literally hundreds, of schools in Indonesia, yet we can't even get our own education systems in order. And Indonesia doesn't even like us.I also look past the rhetoric and pure BS that we are fed every day by this Labor government. I have to because it's all we ever hear from them.As far as the federal election is concerned - bring it on, I say. The sooner the better so we can rid of the government that has done more harm to this country than any government since Whitlam. P.S. I wear my politics on my sleeve.
Yes, I admit and respect the fact that Australia had "savings" thanks to the Coalition, but what exactly were Rudd and Gillard supposed to do?
Actually, IMO you can blame little Johnny Howard for Labor getting elected. If he had given Pete Costello a go at the PM job, there wouldn't have been any contest at the last election. Labor are only there because of sweetheart deals with independents, who are playing little Hitler's while they can and the Greens who are making the best of their opportunity too. Sadly, the /Liberal party are devoid of any decent leadership both now and in the immediate future, they have no credible leadership, which will actually mean the next election won't be a walkover either.While I'm about it, this week's performances in parliament regarding the boat people is an embarrassment to Ozzie's. I sympathise with everyone over the deaths of these people, but tears are something that has not occurred to me. Parliament had a responsibility to deal with this problem as a matter of humanitarianism, and failed miserably. I am not a supporter of accepting queue jumping "refugees", but this is nothing but a disgrace. Winter has arrived in Canberra, so all the pollies nick off to warmer places. IMO, they're obligated to stay until a resolution is reached.Sorry about the rant, I'll stop now.
All the more reason UM, why Oz should not be in the firing line for not accepting the current muslim invasion. there are only 21 M of us after all.