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Don't cry for me South Australia : Comments

By Malcolm King, published 3/10/2014

But it's the middle class who know that the system isn't working. That for all the promises made, few have been kept. They will ultimately push for radical change.

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Aiden, socialists are lazy and just want the rewards of others work without doing any themselves. You are confusing work with whining and telling everybody how hard it is and how dreadfully under appreciated you are. As my kids say Boo bleeping hoo (They do not say bleeping)
Posted by JBowyer, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 9:44:16 PM
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JBowyer, that stereotype of socialists comes from people who've never attempted to understand them. Obviously there are a few socialists of that view (because some lazy people are attracted to socialism by the stereotype) but it's neither an objective of socialism nor even a widespread view among socialists. Socialists generally aim for full emoloyment with as high as possible a proportion of highh value work.

Where have I been whining and telling everybody how hard it is and how dreadfully underappreciated I am? It all seems to be an assumption based on an assumption based on one word I used!
Posted by Aidan, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 11:05:43 PM
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Come off it Aidan. Our socialists congregate in the public service, universities, schools, the media particularly the ABC, & heavily unionised places like the construction & auto industries.

I think it is a pretty long shot to call any of these areas "hard working". In fact they have the most work shy people in the country.
Posted by Hasbeen, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 11:25:38 PM
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Malcolm, I do mean South Australia. Over the past 25 years Australian interest rates have sometimes been too high for Australia (including all the last 5 years) but have constantly been too high for SA. Obviously there has to be the same interest rate for all of Australia otherwise the RBA would lose out as everyone chases arbitrage. However there's no good reason why concessional loans, with prearranged repayment terms, can't be made to state governments for specific infrastructure projects. And doing so would help the state government get over its debt phobia and build the infrastructure that would make business investment in our state far more atrractive.

As for the reaction on Sensational Adelaide, what do you expect? Your attempt satire isn't funny and doesn't make any serious suggestions. Including facts isn't much use when you also include lies. And you do have a track record of writing what appear to be Adelaide-bashing articles.
Posted by Aidan, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 11:59:28 PM
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Interest rates ain't where it's at Aiden. Creating specialist loan mechanisms in SA hasn't been a great success in the past.

In fact, most of my articles have been critical of the 'no growth' and anti-population movements in SA and nationally. None of the articles 'bash Adelaide' but they certainly do pull apart and deconstruct some of the problems, especially in the recruitment and the media sectors.

As a post graduate student at UniSA, you would appreciate that research and open discussion is very important.

The comments in the blog 'Sensational Adelaide' which you copied and pasted your first comment from, have prompted me to examine the role of the construction and development industry in SA and associated lobby groups.
Posted by Malcolm 'Paddy' King, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 7:21:47 AM
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Malcolm, I'm a bit puzzled by your comments about specialist loans in SA not having been a great success, as I'm struggling to think of examples.

Where did you discover I was a postgrad student at UniSA? I ask because it may mean my profile somewhere needs updating.

By all means criticise "no growth" movements (and anyone else who deserves it), and it's good that you pull apart and deconstruct some of the problems. But your claim about none of the articles bashing Adelaide is rather dubious – you've certainly exaggerated Adelaide's problems in this one. And as was pointed out on the Sensational Adelaide board, most of them have titles prococative to Adelaide residents..
Posted by Aidan, Thursday, 9 October 2014 10:05:33 PM
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