A cursory scanning of newspapers going back decades will tell even the most casual observer that the health industry has been in "crisis" for over 30 years - it has been almost that long ago described as ä strife of interests" and it remains that way to this day".

two problems beset the industry and these would be doctors and government - both of whom have their eye firmly fixed on the $ - one group wants it (and vast sums of it) and the other is loathe to spend it.

Ah HA! ... a wif of the old 'scarce/limited financial resources' bogey.

As with the social shame that is our public education systems, our public housing systems, disability services, our public transport systems and so on, such politically manufactured 'crises' - by our well-rewarded ministerial 'people's representatives', our 'executive' bureaucrats and corporate media whores - can be easily remedied by diverting the billions of dollars of public monies wasted on Australian involvement in illegal wars of aggression in far off lands, the 'war on terrorism' farce, 'defence' expenditures and 'incursions' into smaller regional nations that are said to be in danger of becoming 'failed states'.

Should this prove to be be insufficent, then diversion of the additional billions of dollars of public monies handed over, each and every year, to obscenely over-paid 'executive' employees of huge national and trans-national corporations in the form of 'tax breaks', 'industry assistance packages', and other such 'incentives' - corporate welfare for the free market ideologues - ought to do the trick.

Ah HA! ... a wif of the old 'scarce/limited financial resources' bogey.

As with the social shame that is our public education systems, our public housing systems, disability services, our public transport systems and so on, such politically manufactured 'crises' - by our well-rewarded ministerial 'people's representatives', our 'executive' bureaucrats and corporate media whores - can be easily remedied by diverting the billions of dollars of public monies wasted on Australian involvement in illegal wars of aggression in far off lands, the 'war on terrorism' farce, 'defence' expenditures and 'incursions' into smaller regional nations that are said to be in danger of becoming 'failed states'.

Should this be insufficent, then diversion of the additional billions of dollars of public monies handed over, each and every year, to obscenely over-paid 'executive' employees of huge national and trans-national corporations in the form of 'tax breaks', 'industry assistance packages', and other such 'incentives' - corporate welfare for the free market ideologues - ought to do the trick.

Don't blame the baby boomers.What about all the fat, drunken young people we see speeding down the road,with a mcburger in one hand and a can of soft drink in the other.At least the baby boomers have paid their share of taxes.I doubt whether a lot of the younger generation will make it to our age.