Paul1405: My post above is a joke and actually as a Green I find Bob okay.

I knew that. A Greenie, can't be you sound too sane, must be like me, a small "g" greenie.

Interesting O&A last night. Did anyone watch it. A lot of Staged Managed Questions, mostly from the Greens, but apart from that I thought it went fairly well.

Nichols faired poorly. They gave him a drubbing. Palmer did well also but ducked some Questions by deferring. The ACTU lady did OK. The entertainment for the night was provided by Bob Katter, of course, as is normal for him. Like him or loathe him what he had to say was correct. He had the paperwork with him. Unfortunately, you just can't have anybody with a bit of CDF in a position of Power because the "Powers behind the Throne" won't allow that.

Dear Jay,

I watched "Q and A," last night.
I found it very interesting and yet
at the same time - somewhat unsettling.
What's happening in Queensland and Victoria
currently is simply a sign of worse things to come,
depending on who wins the election in September.
And having frontline desk staff cut in hospitals,
basic services cut, job cuts, while the politicians
give themselves salary increases just doesn't
seem right.

As Clive Palmer pointed out - politicians should
be concerned about providing srvices, not
cutting them.

Lexi: And having frontline desk staff cut in hospitals, basic services cut, job cuts, while the politicians give themselves salary increases just doesn't seem right.

Understanding Business Budgets is simple once you know the rules. Salaries are accounted for in one part of the Budget & Wages come out of another. That way Wages makes up for most of the Business expenditure. So how do reduce Expenditure? Reduce Wages. Who gets paid Wages? Frontline Staff.

Now Salaries are considered an Asset, not an expense, that's why they don't get cut. You see, there job is then to fix the paperwork so it looks like everything is actually working better. Smoke & Mirrors.

As Clive Palmer pointed out - politicians should
be concerned about providing srvices, not
cutting them.

Cutting services means less they are accountable for, and after lining their own pockets, avoiding responsibility is the second goal of any bloodsucking parasite. If there was any decency, they would also drop their over-inflated salaries accordingly, but as others have noted, that point is never worthy of mention.

I need a bit of cheering up.
This is beginning to depress the heck out of me.
I'm going to go and visit my mum. She could do
with lots of hugs. She's got dementia and even though
she might not remember tomorrow that I visited her
I know she'll enjoy seeing me and the stories I
share with her.

Enough about politics.