Pericles I am unsure is that praise?
Your opponent says you have at least a grasp on reality.
If I was part of this debate I would ask where can we find these mass useless youths, the ones who desperately need to be flogged into line and fixed.
Get the beggars out of uni drag them from the work benches or schools.
By the age of 18 they must serve us, stop being educated earning a living its compulsory, serve us.
Not sure what that means but it has to be better than letting the young pick their own path in life.
Now maybe it is praise, if just one finger nail of your opponent had contact with reality, even for a Milli second, well asking too much.

Shintaro displays

A wicked sense of humour

That was a classic!

If I was part of this debate I would ask where can we find these mass useless youths, the ones who desperately need to be flogged into line and fixed.
Belly,
you are part of this debate like it or not. As a unionist you'd have had a finger in the pie over the years. Unions helped propagate the incompetence that surrounds us now. unions claimed to protect workers & their jobs. Well, where are these workers & their jobs now ? You want to know where the useless masses are ? We have a shortage of trades people or am I imagining that ? No ! Union demands for ever increasing pay made training an apprentice unviable for employers. That's why we now have to import capable workers from overseas.
As for Pericles,
You know I can't state at this stage what you request because of the same lack of integrity you share with those you defend. The authorities don't have sufficient integrity not to victimise people who speak up. Remember that poor nurse at Bundaberg Hospital ? Remember the many whistleblowers ? You're full of silly challenges but you rather short of sensible answers. You don't even care that this thread is about rebuilding the flood/fire affected. Instead you're hijacking the debate to defend your incompetent mates. There are people who need help. Help that depends on more than the
helping hands. I salute them. We need competent authorities for the broader picture. The young have to physically be part of this rebuild. Increased charges & taxes won't cut it. Competent management will.
As for flogging, well, that;s your silly recommendation, not mine.