These folk writing for a dead guy crack me up.

I have a few predictions from the perspective of a real live Aussie Battler.

Prediction 1,
IR is a big issue.
Today one of my daughter's friends went to work and was told she was fired and escorted off the premises. She was told that they did not have to tell her why she was sacked. Jobs that pay enough to live on aren't that easy especially for women with family responsibilities.
The fat cats can't convince workers that they should lose benifits etc so that the bosses wallets can get fatter.

Prediction 2.
Water.
Howard didn't believe in global warming until the last few months, now he has become a fervernt convert. Yeah right. The commonwealth grab for water, if successful will see it sold off faster than hot doughnuts. The buyers are already staking their territory, lurking in the background.

Prediction 3
Race
Racial division and hatred, stirred by the Howard drum, will fester until more civil and just policies are in place. Locked in ivory towers (sorry keyed estates) the feudal overlords must giggle at the tension they stir.

Prediction 4.
If Howard gets back in we will all be more worried about our jobs. We will be meaner, leaner and thirstier

1. I agree with much of whats been said, however if WE dont get involved and make changing govt look BETTER than keeping the current one, then Howard will roll back in on the votes of those afraid of change...which is the timid majority.
2. Howard is, without doubt, going to privatise water. Hey, most of the ground underfoot is already sold. Whats next....air?
3. We need to get the idea out there that we DO NOT live in an economy. We live in a SOCIETY that is merely facilitated by good economic management of either political colour. The economy is meant to be a servant, not a master. Its a tool, not a god.
4. Apropos of which....why are there god botherers on this message board? Of course you're welcome to your opinions, but.... a tad off topic, n'est pas?

Yes it will be a very interesting year and as i have said over and over again you do have a choice but that choice is up to you.
It really is time to step up and start Tapping and stop wingeing about it.

You need to take the step

email:swulrich@bigpond.net.au

The Australian Peoples Party

TAPP

Bobby Dazzler “Because economic prosperity is not the only issue, and in my view not even the most important issue.”

It is the important issue which we can only require of government. When we rely on government to determine more important issues, we are lost as individuals.

Matters like “declining personal integrity,”
“inhumane treatment of individuals”
“neglect of education,”
“slow response to environmental issues”

and a thousand other “Matters”

Are all things which we can, as individuals make personal stands and statements on, rather than leave them to government to make on our behalf.

Balancing the national debt, acting as national regulator and maintaining an honest monetary policy is something no individual can control and why we have government.

I will always vote for the government who will leave me to make my own mistakes because experience has shown, when government makes mistakes on my behalf, the consequences are far more catastrophic.

"Howard has embraced the fact of global warming"?

Where did you get this impression? Howard himself was at pains to say the opposite yesterday. Words such aspossible. No hugging going on, just using words to appear to be a hugger of trees, no more.

You should have noticed though Howard's want to make the economy again the fear factor. Won't work this time. But that's where he wants to stand and fight.

You also state levels of insecurity in employment are static. Spoken to anyone outside recently? Those with real jobs? Ask mate. insecurity is booming in the manual/admin/unqualified markets as they have nothing to bargain with. Except obedience. As to confidence, it's euphoria really, resource boom determining the length of our hiatus. No more than that.

We could go into Stats but they are lies. One though. All those jobs Howard has created. He claims to have created more jobs than there were people to fill them, even today. BS evident. What he has done is divide the number of jobs so that more part time jobs, under the poverty level, exist and can be claimed as jobs. Odour very high.

Clearly the odds on Labor winning are still outstanding. 100% return and we know those odds won't drop until the end of the year as everyone will "wait". Get on now.

Honest monetary policy? Dear cattle dog, open your eyes.

Must we have religion on every thread? Imaginary friends can wait you know.

Instead of Westminster, why don't we give democracy a try? Hasn't been used here before, should be ready to go. TAPP. TAPP.

Our economy despite intense neglect is still resource based. The expansion of China and India is the reason for the elevated resource prices. Unless Howard claims credit for this our booming economy is happenstance. The question is what steps have been taken to diversify or economy whilst there is cash about. Little I fear even in this sunny country the Germans leave us for dead in the use of Solar. In 1989 we were equal now they supercede us by far. They get the modern industry and we get the crumbs.
In addition a Prime minister that claims that refugees throw their children overboard just to keep his arse on the seat makes one ashamed to be Australian. It is like the Nazis saying Jews eat their children.
The time for change is well nigh due.