Dear Prax.,

Labor made a choice to support local jobs during the
Global Financial Crisis, a choice many countries around
the world didn't, or couldn't make. These countries will
be paying a very high price for many years.

Anyway you look at it ordinary Australians are doing
okay under this government. Nearly a million jobs have
been created. Inequality has steadied, perhaps even
fallen. Standards of living have kept rising.
Interest rates are at record lows.

And the list goes on.

Whereas have a look at what Mr Abbott promises:

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/abbott-focuses-on-profit-not-people-20130517-2js2r.html

Lexi - Labor made a choice to support local jobs during the Global Financial Crisis,

You mean the 457 visa rort that actively encourages big companies to import cheap third world labour instead of Australians ??

Anyway you look at it ordinary Australians are doing okay under this government. Nearly a million jobs have been created. Inequality has steadied, perhaps even fallen. Standards of living have kept rising.
Interest rates are at record lows.

Strangely enough, nobody of my acquaintances in the workforce is in a better position thanks to the red-headed witch, most are barely scratching by in the vain hope of winning the casket or whatever. The building / construction industries and retail sectors are deader than dodos, miningg is in free-fall, and the public service is shedding staff at a record rate. Dunno where the 'jobs' are, thanks to moronic anti-discrimination rules I see lots of over 40s frantically applying for thousands of jobs they will never hear about. If your standard of living has improved under the red-headed witch, you would be one of the very very few. As for interest rates, surely you don't suggest that the moronic dying duck who stuffed up six succeeding federal budgets had anything to do with interest rates, apart of course from running the country so far into the ground that the reserve bank had no option but to cut rates.

Lexi,
Last night on ABC 7.30 there was a segment about Bluescope Steel in SA axing 800 jobs. Labor came to the rescue with a $3o million handout to assist the workers get other jobs. It was marched by the SA government and Bluescope.

According to the programme, very few jobs were created and only a handfull went to former Bluescope employees.

Now the question is what happened to all that money? Was it even forthcoming or was it misappropriated? No answers were given.

Another Labor stuff up or another broken promise by Labor. Making political decissions, announcing them with no intention of carrying them out.

Banjo - Now the question is what happened to all that money? Was it even forthcoming or was it misappropriated?

or was it diverted to the half-billion dollar war-chest the red-headed witch, the dying duck & the wong wun have spirited away in their vain hope of buying votes before September ??

Why have neither the RAbbott nor the governor general chosen to raise the roof about this evil practice ??

Gentlemen, you really need to do a bit more research
before posting. We do have a current financial problem
globally. Still despite this Australia is doing remarkably
well and our economy is the envy of the industrialised
world.

We all know how tough our manufacturer's
are doing due to our high dollar. And steel manufactureres
along with others are doing it tough simply because they're
not competitive and the demand for their product has
fallen.

The Labor government gave Bluescope $110 million to help
finance the elimination of jobs and it is further helping
to enforce restructuring of steel companies and manufacturing as
a whole. Re-configuration of steel production is vital to
maintain viability of its Australian operation.

Of course the government cannot be held responsible if the
CEO's of Bluescope decided to give themselves bonuses
in the millions while their company is struggling.

But carry on with the blame game.

I'll leave you to it.

Lexi the night before the 2007 election I comforted you here and assured you Rudd was going to win.
I note Praxs usual landslide of doom gloom and insults.
Know Lexi, this far out from the election, I too know all the good things you tell about Labor.
I too know, fear, the bad things and much more, you say about Abbott.
Truth is a miserable thing! some times, it defiantly stands any test.
Despite all the above, every thing, our country has made up its mind.
We are gone!Rudd? do you remember the pure joy.
His sorry speech, and the then leaders sham one.
Can you remember poll after poll SHOUTING! we want Kevin.
And did you feel gutted when he kept his word/did not have enough votes to unseat Gillard.
I FEAR a great deal, understand not all Abbott does will be bad, BUT he stands for big money, we stood once for those crying we want Rudd, they still do, want Rudd.
This morning in a sea side town, tourist atracting wealthy retirement town, I was reminded how much I will miss.
And what Labor could have done, two different people at different times as I waited for my bank to open , went through the rubbish bin searching for food.
One was a middle aged woman, clean tidy and? hungry, the other quite dirty a man bit younger, both I was told are sleeping on the streets of that town, one GY mentions from time to time.
There again is my reason for being ALP for reminding them they have badly let us down.
And Lexi my friend all hope is truly gone, to not know that is to not understand the great hight Labor has fallen from but will rise to again, clean fresh and a sight to gladden me for sure.