The Boss wrote:I'd vote Greens............I like Rudd as a person and as a leader...
Explains A LOT.
The Boss wrote:I'd vote Greens............I like Rudd as a person and as a leader...
Yes, I'm left-leaning with a concern for social welfare and the environment.Calfium Jay wrote:The Boss wrote:I'd vote Greens............I like Rudd as a person and as a leader...
Explains A LOT.
LOL. Peter Costello. Costello. Ripping apart Rudd.Not Tyson wrote:Well that's not biased at all.
If you are satisfied with going from a surplus of 80 billion (when the Liberals stepped down) to a deficit of 300 billion in only six years then more power to you.hellboy wrote:Wow, a former Liberal leader gets stuck into the current Labour PM during an election. What a shock!
In the meantime a Nobel Prize winner for Economics seems to think we're doing ok. Not sure why the Libs think our economy is some kind of flaming wreck.
Yeah that exorbitant paid parental leave scheme and that policy to buy boats off people smugglers worries me as well.Calfium Jay wrote:If you are also satisfied with a preening self promoter who will base his policies on a thought he had while brushing his teeth (without even running by his own cabinet)
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Same shit, different assholes. No arguments there. I also agree Rudd is a wanker, but then again I can't think of a single election I've voted in where the leaders aren't complete fuckbags. Calling Rudd a self promoter and fruit cake is pretty rich when Abbott is leading the other side.Calfium Jay wrote: Anyway, only a few days to go before we haul out the rubbish.
hellboy wrote:
Same shit, different assholes. No arguments there.
Surpluses are horrible for most indexes of well-being and life-satisfaction. Even the HDI would balk at the concept of NOT having remaining money spent on education and health.Calfium Jay wrote:If you are satisfied with going from a surplus of 80 billion (when the Liberals stepped down) to a deficit of 300 billion in only six years then more power to you.hellboy wrote:Wow, a former Liberal leader gets stuck into the current Labour PM during an election. What a shock!
In the meantime a Nobel Prize winner for Economics seems to think we're doing ok. Not sure why the Libs think our economy is some kind of flaming wreck.
If you are also satisfied with a preening self promoter who will base his policies on a thought he had while brushing his teeth (without even running by his own cabinet) only to abandon said policy months later....then please, by all means vote for the four eyed piece of shit.
Not one OUNCE of business acumen in the entire Labor Party. Social reform? Environmental concern? This is a party who couldn't instigate a fucking pink batts policy, walked away and abandoned a 500 million dollar Greens Loans scheme and is now scrapping a carbon tax that was supposedly the "great moral challenge of our time".
The guy's a fucking fruit cake. Honestly, I'd vote for Humphrey Bear over this clown and his bunch of left wing socialist academic latte drinkers, union hacks and ex student activists.
Anyway, only a few days to go before we haul out the rubbish.
Carry on.....
Hey, don't be unfair here. They don't want to horde it, they just want to make sure the upper and middle classes get their cut...The Boss wrote:
Business acumen has a lot to do with both earning money, and knowing how to wisely spend it. Not just horde it while one in seven Australians suffer through poverty.
As with most countries, Australia's "underclass" perceives things relatively. Tyson made a comment years ago about how if someone doesn't have a flat-screen TV in every room, they feel that they are "poor", or the "underclass". It's true, for many reasons. One is that Australia has an incredibly high standard of living: the Gini index reflects that, as do most indexes of well-being. (Note that I would never use real GDP or real GNI. While they're great indicators of economic robustness, if you will, they're terrible at demonstrating just how Australians feel about their position in society.)hellboy wrote:Hey, don't be unfair here. They don't want to horde it, they just want to make sure the upper and middle classes get their cut...The Boss wrote:
Business acumen has a lot to do with both earning money, and knowing how to wisely spend it. Not just horde it while one in seven Australians suffer through poverty.
The selfishness is see from some of my middle class bogan friends is pretty disturbing these days. As long as I can get a 5 bedroom mini-mansion and another 10 inmches on my TV I don't give a fuck about anyone else.
I agree with you pretty much completely.The Boss wrote:
So, while your point was (anecdotally, at least from my experience) correct, I don't think middle-Australia is as tight-fisted as we think. The real income disparity and disconnect with reality, as always, lies with your crust 10%.
Since the carbon tax has been in.... – Real GDP has risen by 1.9 per cent in the three quarters of available data (annualised growth rate of 2.5 per cent).Calfium Jay wrote:Thankyou Mr Costello, for so eloquently summing everything that is wrong with Kevin Rudd and his bungled leadership and sorry excuse for a political party with such accuracy it's almost scary:
Costello rips apart Rudd with unparalleled precision
Talk about hammers hitting nails where it counts most!
부러워요!hellboy wrote:The coverage of the election on the ABC site has been pretty good so far, and personally that would be the first stop for me: http://www.abc.net.au/news/federal-elec ... -coverage/
I'll be out camping in the middle of no where, so zero fucks will be given by me until I get back to civilisation and see that Tony is most likely in power.