Another thread, lampooning the value of our politicians has started.
If I may be excused for being forthright.
Some of the comments clearly question the understanding of the posters not Polly's.
Brains? remember the quiz master? statesmen Menzies .
List is long not sure as long as the duds but sure some knocking them are no match.

Belly, many companies have moved to contractors for several reasons.

There are the hoops one has to jump through to become an employer.

The blow out of workers comp.

There is unfair dismissal.

There is low productivity rates.

Then there is accountability and duty of care regulations.

Put simply, it is often better to outsource your workforce and let someone else have the hassles.

Now that's a crying shame.

What's worse, is there are those of us who warned this would happen but as usual, governments and unions knew best.

Lexi, how on earth can you think these incompitent fools are doing a better job.

Rechtub it is pointless, time and again I have talked to you about your anti worker.wages/rantings.
You have locked your mind to thinking every thing in your view is the ALPs fault.
This thread proves my point.
You DEMAND better wages for your self.
Wallow in the self praise of being a risk taker.
Then demand a form of socialism for your class and starvation for workers.
While not alone,your idea that politicians are already over paid? bloke kids stuff!
If the thread was about growing crimson sun flowers!
You would insist Gillard was involved in a plot to starve farmers.
UNDERSTANDING! todays new word.
regards

Belly, I have never said pollies are over paid.

Also, I don't dislike workers at all, what I do dislike is the way that labor has protected the weak and unskilled in such a way that they have allowed productivity to be dragged down by removing the incentives for high grade workers to highly achieve.

Now nobody can deny that.

The bar in most workplaces has been lowered by the low performance workers, workers who feel they should be able to live a comfortable lifestyle, sweeping floors for 38hr a week.

30 years ag one without skills had to work two jobs to support thier lifestyle, not any more and this is why we are going backwards.

On a possative note, a bit off track, I must com end the unions for thier objection to the pay role tax.

Good on them as this is the worst tax ever.

I hope they succeed.

Sir Robert Menzies, Ming the merciless, or Pig iron Bob.
As a kid never had any time for him.
Right now, the party he formed, Liberal, has moved right.
My mob too, we both stand in ground he would never agree with.
He was more ALP then than my team today.
Now I think the move had to take place.
This country may well be an Island but is just a state in world trade.
Manufacturings loss is a result, a symptom, of our success, in other areas.
Menzies said, quite rightly, a worker had every right to be in a union.
And to reserve,a fair wage.
Protecting the weak? is there another way?
Are we for prosperity's sake to leave them?
Rechtub, you will not understand, that is true not sniping, but it was Labor who bought in workplace agreements.
Based on the principle of productivity INCREASES returning better wages.
Turn on working poor, tell them they do not matter,and the whole will suffer.
Look at what you present here you will know why I think you are indeed anti worker/poor.

Turn on working poor, tell them they do not matter,and the whole will suffer.
Belly,
that's precisely what Gillard & Co are perpetuating. If your mob was as good as you're trying to convince yourself of then can you please explain why we have poor in the first place ?
You know what the weirdest part of it all is ? We now earn more than we ever did yet we have less money to spend than ever. Maybe that's why they propose a pay rise for themselves in the big house. Something doesn't add up here.