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Is Australia going down the gurgler? Weighing up the Intergenerational Report : Comments

By Peter West, published 17/3/2015

Second, we could find ways to get the media to stop their incessant message: young is sexy, and only young people are sexual creatures.

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This is a great article that seeks greater equity for the old, greater tolerance and puts politicians in their place.

I would also like to say that though over 50 I strive to be a "sexual creature" in that regard not an elephant man but a human bean https://youtu.be/sn7bEVnFlds .
Posted by plantagenet, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 10:23:24 AM
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Yes Pete and mostly agree. There was a time when you almost had to be semi retired to get into management, politics or on a board?

And that was when runaway CEO's salaries were much more fair and equitable, or not more than thirty times what the lowest paid received in their pay packet.

Which is why we were once able to afford housing and on a single pay packet! And at a time when we were the third wealthiest nation on the planet, and a creditor one at that! We did just a little more than live within our means!

And therefore, welfare for the rich and the privatization of public assets unthinkable, regardless of which side of politics you were on!

We are going down the proverbial, given we've put too many tin eared, young, impatient, inexperienced know-it-alls in decision making roles, and are now paying every which way for it! i.e., the highest median house prices in the english speaking world, soon to be followed by economy destroying, highest up, up and away, electricity prices also?

What do you suppose killed off most of or manufacturing base? Wages even as high as are supposed to be, are just 16% (averaged) of manufacturing or processing costs!

What killing us is energy prices and taxes; and the way those two increase/impact on everything else, be it water, transport, the basic cost of living or every service under the sun!

Plantagenet, you think you have (bean there done that) problems?

What about the African American on death row, Sam Franks Disco, when taking that last long walk down the longest mile in the world; had all the other inmates pointing and laughing/making elephant jokes (Going to make a trunk line call are we) about his extremely well endowed (swinging) male appendage; peeping out from beneath his shin high shorts.

Finally he'd had enough and turned on his tormentors with the remark, it's okay for yous unrepeatable, unprintable guys to laugh your unmentionable heads off, but your's id (deleted expletive) shrink too, if you was gonna die!
Rhrosty.
Posted by Rhrosty, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 11:26:29 AM
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Gee, how articles like this one depress me. Pointless meanderings, with about as much useful content as a tub of margerine.

Unsurprisingly, it was written by someone who - by his own admission - cannot even find his way around a newspaper...

"At the time of writing, many of us are finding it difficult to USE the paper. Where are the letters? Where's the arts coverage? And so on. For some of us, this is harder online. Where ARE the confounded letters? Or the crossword?"

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=14830

Surely our old folk can do better than deliver themselves of notions such as this...

"...we could find ways to get the media to stop their incessant message: young is sexy".

In Tonto's famous words, "Who's 'we' Kemosabe?"

Furthermore, what's the point? Who welcomes the images associated with "old is sexy"? And... why?

"...older people need closeness just as younger people do".

This is relevant to an Intergenerational Report? Good grief.

"... stop negative gearing... cut back hard on people (both foreigners and local) buying housing to invest... build more housing in our cities"

Nice slogans. But a selfish wishlist is not policy. Anyway, who would build these houses, if you won't allow them to be an investment, to be rented out? The government?

"We once had a fishing hub at Eden."

What prevents it being revisited? Apart from the fact that it wouldn't be profitable unless you stopped imports, and kicked prices up out of reach of all but the rich.

Good plan.

"...we need to encourage better health"

Alternatively, we could simply encourage old people to die earlier.

"...finally, we need to rethink the lifespan"

I give up. This is just a farrago of thought-bubbles from the old geezer propping up the corner of the bar after closing time.

"Far more could be done to make people over 60 part of the working community... Here's an asset every government should be trying to use to keep the economy going."

On this evidence, the government might be forgiven for putting this particular "asset" firmly in the out-tray.
Posted by Pericles, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 12:11:28 PM
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Hi Rhrosty

As always I appreciate your concern
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Hi Pericles

As I was saying to your namesake the other day "leave the animals alone cobber".

We age like a good tub of whisky.

The Tripod
Posted by plantagenet, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 12:34:14 PM
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