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The people of New South Wales have lost : Comments

By Jonathan J. Ariel, published 27/3/2007

Twelve years of hard Labor is too much to bear. Sixteen years is truly cataclysmic.

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Ariel's article is written from the perspective of a true loser.
Posted by CJ Morgan, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 1:24:49 PM
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gw says: "give me five POSITIVE reasons why anyone should have voted for the ALP? I can't think of one."

Here's an offering:

1. The ALP were better organised than the Opposition. (I know that's not saying much, but everything is relative when you vote between two major parties).

2. Maurice Iemma put forward some policies that might benefit people in NSW and his counterpart offered unspecified cuts to necessary services.

3. The ALP was in favour of retaining State IR powers and strengthening workers' rights; the Coalition threatened to transfer State IR responsibility to Howard.

4. The people of NSW are shrewd enough to know which side of politics could be trusted to preserve numbers in teaching, nursing and policing.

5. The ALP made better electoral use of the inept Opposition leader than did the Opposition make of an inept ALP leader.
Posted by FrankGol, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 1:38:25 PM
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Yes I am sorry to say the people of NSW have lost. They have acted like losers voting for a failed Labour Government.So they will now reap the consequences.
Posted by baldpaul, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 2:16:29 PM
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FrankGol:

1. That's a positive reason to vote independent, not ALP

2. Cuts to unnecessary beaurocracy leaves more money to be spent on teachers, police, nurses (not to mention roads, rail etc). Take a leaf from the book of the big corporations on this one and cut middle management first - they produce little and get paid too much.

3. So we get to continue with a confusing two-tier system. Not that I completely agree with the Workchoices legislation, but the tenet of simplification across the country is a good one.

4. Hmm, not really a positive reason, even if it is true. All you are saying is that you wont vote for the other side because you dont want to risk a cut to these services.

5. Definately not a positive reason!

One of the issues is that by nature, the ALP are not good business managers (whereas the coalition are more likely to be). Ideally for the good health of the country and economy, we need coalition governments that dont have a senate majority, most of the time, with an ALP government every 3-4 elections, for one term at a time. This helps ensure that steady management is applied, with capitalists checked by having to appease the minor parties, and the socialists getting to balance the books every now and then.

But as far as NSW is concerned, we need the likes of Jeff Kennett - yep, everyones going to hurt for a while, but the state will come out of it in better shape overall. Lets not get as run down as Victoria did under the ALP before we decide we need to do something about it.
Posted by Country Gal, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 2:25:21 PM
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Thanks Jonathan Ariel. Haven't had a belly laugh like that in years.

After a while though, I calmed down and started to sympathise. Many of us feel the same frustration about long-term Howard.
Posted by chainsmoker, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 3:06:24 PM
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Oh country gal didnt you know country link is going, so rail expired

try a bus

job losses

higher ticket fares

now thats something labor forgot to tell you

Then after that more public jobs to go with city rail.
Posted by tapp, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 3:29:07 PM
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