Thread: There`s A Red In The Fed.

I wonder if the mining tax will build 100 new hospitals and schools.....maybe they'll give more
in overseas aid to Indonesia, Afghanistan, etc....

Wait a minute, ...maybe politicians will be granted a pay rise...now, they wouldnt do that, would they...

Would they...??

Aaah, she'll be right mate....

The mining tax -huh. The people will be lucky if they the benefit of a $1 each, the rest will be squandered, spent or hidden somewhere by these scummy parasites guaranteeing their own pensions and ride on the gravy train.

When was the last time an Australian Government added value to this country by building or purchased anything of real value for the people of this country?

I certainly cannot remember anything in the past five decades.

The Australian tax payers are now reduced to having to pay “bribes” in the form of subsidises to foreign car manufactures to keep Australian workers employed.

I say “no more” tax payer subsidises to be paid to foreign own companies. Instead, use that money to buy shares in that company that will benefit the workers and the people of Australia.

We should NOT be subsidising non viable industries, nor protecting them with tarifs. These actions, although a feel good vote grabber, are counter productive. If the ALP is genuine about the mining tax, they would be doing something constructive with the money, building smelters, etc to add value to the mining product. ----- Oooops, can`t do that, the carbon tax, incompetance, and corruption would prevent that from happening. Better to leave those types of projects to those successful people that they love to hate, and envy. Best for them is to just stand on the side line, and suck the blood out of the acheivers, much safer & easier.

Originally Posted by aussiefree2ride

We should NOT be subsidising non viable industries, nor protecting them with tarifs. These actions, although a feel good vote grabber, are counter productive. If the ALP is genuine about the mining tax, they would be doing something constructive with the money, building smelters, etc to add value to the mining product. ----- Oooops, can`t do that, the carbon tax, incompetance, and corruption would prevent that from happening. Better to leave those types of projects to those successful people that they love to hate, and envy. Best for them is to just stand on the side line, and suck the blood out of the acheivers, much safer & easier.

Are you advocating that government get into business? If you are then you are on the way to advocating socialism. Not that's there's anything wrong with that.

Originally Posted by Diuretic

Are you advocating that government get into business? If you are then you are on the way to advocating socialism. Not that's there's anything wrong with that.

Hell if it was up to me i would kick the BHP billitons and the Rio Tintos to kingdom come and have our government take over so the Australian people could enjoy the mining boom pie 100%.

And NO this is not communism, people have been conditioned to think this is communism by freidmanism (Milton that is) which is corporatism.

Freidmanism capatalism is what we have today and as we all know this type of capatalism puts all the wealth in the hands of the elite or the 1%.

Kick the farkers out and let the government take control thats what i say.

Originally Posted by culldav

When was the last time an Australian Government added value to this country by building or purchased anything of real value for the people of this country?

I certainly cannot remember anything in the past five decades.

"What have the Roman's done for us?!"

Hilarious.

Originally Posted by Recusant

"What have the Roman's done for us?!"

Hilarious.

Not hilarious, but very, very sad!! A $trillion economy, and the only thing to show for it in the past 10 years is few relocatable portable school buildings.

I wouldn’t trust scummy politicians running our natural resource industries - they sold our private owned bank, airline, and telecommunications companies under the pretence that that would be more profitable and competitive managed by the private sector.

I wouldn’t trust any scummy pollie to run a successful brothel next door to a pub.

Originally Posted by dumbanddumber

Hell if it was up to me i would kick the BHP billitons and the Rio Tintos to kingdom come and have our government take over so the Australian people could enjoy the mining boom pie 100%.

And NO this is not communism, people have been conditioned to think this is communism by freidmanism (Milton that is) which is corporatism.

Freidmanism capatalism is what we have today and as we all know this type of capatalism puts all the wealth in the hands of the elite or the 1%.

Kick the farkers out and let the government take control thats what i say.

An argument for socialism. People get scared of the word due to conditioning but it simply means societal ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. It may well turn out in future that for Australia that would be the best thing for us, but we'll make that decision if and when we need to.

Originally Posted by culldav

I wouldn’t trust scummy politicians running our natural resource industries - they sold our private owned bank, airline, and telecommunications companies under the pretence that that would be more profitable and competitive managed by the private sector.

I wouldn’t trust any scummy pollie to run a successful brothel next door to a pub.

Both Labor and Liberal are free-enterprise parties, just happens the Libs are much more inclined to big it up when it comes to private enterprise and will flog off what Labor won't. It's all a load of cobblers though, privatisation means profits means we pay through the nose.