Yoo hooo, an arguement at last.
For me, I have never voted for Labor, primarily on the basis that they just don't get it.
The (any) country needs business to operate efficiently and profitably and the mining tax simply showed that they really don't get it.here son, you have money, give it to me so I can pay MY bulls.
Whatever form of federal government we have must eventually make some serious decisions and neither party has the balls to do it;
1: cut beaurocracy and non productive costs,
2: care for the aged and infirmed first - they have no means of financial recovery,
3: fix the indigenous problems and I don't mean throw more money at them,
4: centralised education with teacher assessment - how on earth can we have an education system where the teachers tell us they should not be assessed. get a job if you can't handle it,
5: stimulate business, make it easier and more attractive for someone to have go,
6: more tradies - get kids leaving school at year 10 again to get a trade. Tighten up the standards for progressing to years 11 and 12 at school,
7: reforn the social security (will never happen). Flick the baby bonuses, single mother bonuses, bleeding heart bonuses, disabled kitten bonus - anything where people get a free ride on us.
8: limit the dole - gees that is our biggest financial killer along with all the other bleeding heart give aways.
9: once itis all done - lock it up and kill all politicians
1: Agree
2: Must include mental health support here.
3: Agree
4: Centralised sure but with assessing the teachers what do you mean and how would you do it? There is a very slippery slope where we end up with teachers more concerned about teaching kids to pass tests or similar and not focusing on making sure their students get the education they individually need.
5: would be great but how?
6: What if a trade is not where these kids want to go.
7 & 8: As seen in other countries a social security system that supports and is accessible to all citizens is more effective than those that is only accessible to the poor. It becomes a self fulfilling prophesy. You need this money because you are poor. I get this money because I'm poor. Being poor means I can't achieve. Because I can't achieve why even bother. So give me money because I can't achieve. So here is some money because you are poor.