I am basically a left leaning swinging voter and I honestly could not stand to see John Howard get voted in again. The man is most devious little worm that has ever been Prime Minister of this country. He lies about virtually everything, virtually every time he opens his mouth.
I am so sick of how short a memory Australians seem to have. All these people say that they dont trust Mark Latham compaired with "Honest John" have lost the plot. No other australian Prime Minister has ever been anywhere near as full of shit as John Howard. I dont understand how anyone could even contemplate giving him another chance.
Because of this I have a few questions. These are mainly about ecconomic concerns and there isnt much that we can do anbout them now, but they are food for thought....
Why the fuck do people keep on bringing up interest rates? The australian goiverment has nothing to do with Australian interest rates. You heard me. Nothing. Our rates are driven by the American economy.
Why do people think they are economically safer under Howard? Oh, they all cry, think about Keating and the early 90's economic downturn; at least Howard's given us a stable economy. Well firstly, out economy is in good shape because we are all buying above our means. So actually our economy is in terrible shape. Its just that no one has noticed yet. Secondly, the enormous budget surplus, which everybody keeps alluding too and both major parties are throwing around like 8 year olds with mud, came from GST revenue and that came straight out of the pockets of the less fortunate. So the vast masses of people commonly refered to as Howards Battlers are paying for everyones election sweetners.
Which brings me to my next somewhat related question; Why do people say they feel better off under a Howard goverment? The simple fact is, if you happen to be among the vast number of australians earning less than $70,000 you are worse off than you were before the introduction of the GST and, because the GST is uniform, you are paying tax on basic items which is funding the previously more heavily taxed luxury good sector. And no amount of hand outs, in the form of various stupid scemes which sound good and benifit no-one because the eligibility criteria are designed to exclude everyone, is going to fix that because they are only give you back money which you are having milked from you through the GST.
And finally; Why do Australians care so much about the ecconomy, which the goverment have a very limited say in, and such a careless attitude to social conerns, which is basically the only reason we have a government? I cant even begin to speculate on this one.
Meh.... ignore me... im not making much sense... to many beers and not enough sleep.
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