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Leftist Men Are Not Born to Lead Radical Struggles

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Whatever works for each of us.
Lexi,
That I agree with. The problem there however is that the leftist control freaks-hangers-on will not stop interfering in our lives. They interfere by syphoning our tax dollars, they interfere via PC, they interfere with forcing their ignorant ideologies at every turn simply because there's no Law against stupidity.
If people were left to do what suits them without imposing upon others then we'd have a great society. But, because of the lefties' inability to keep to themselves & support themselves they're interfering in others' lives. The term leftist is akin to useless bludger.
Posted by individual, Monday, 15 July 2013 5:12:01 PM
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individual,

Opinion polls repeatedly show large sections of the
population favouring cuts in welfare spending -
or favouring plans to "make welfare recipients go
to work."

These attitudes bear little relationship to
reality. More than 60 per cent of welfare recipients
are aged people, disabled, mothers with young children,
and less than 5 per cent are able-bodied men, most of
them unskilled workers in areas of high-unemployment.
Other myths abound. That welfare recipients have
many children (most have two or fewer). That they are
on welfare indefinitely (most receive it for less than
two years) and that welfare is a terrible burden on
the taxpayer (welfare represents 2 per cent of the
Federal budget).

There are fewer complaints, however, about how governments
pay out far more in "handouts" to the nonpoor than to the
poor. This fact generally escapes attention because these
benefits take the form of hidden subsidies or tax
deductions rather than the direct form of cash payments.

As for the Left/Right divide?

Your take is an interesting one and just goes to show
that sweeping generalisations really don't achieve
anything constructive in a discussion.
It wouldn't be fair for example for me to say
that the Right wing - is the politics of money and
power. An ideology of greed, filled by an unbridled
commitment to individualism - leaving no room for
social equity, compassion or the idea of an
egalitarian society.

Australians are far more diverse. We have voices of
all persuasions, city and country folk, very
young and very old, straight, gay, and everything else.
I'm beginning to see that it is wrong to decide to
put all concerns, issues, policies, and pre-occupations
of this counntry divided into a Left/Right dogfight.
And I'm not proud of myself for having taken part in it
either.
Posted by Lexi, Monday, 15 July 2013 6:26:12 PM
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large sections of the population favouring cuts in welfare spending -
Lexi,
No-one is that way inclined. When the more level-headed speak of cutting welfare they don't include the needy in that. Why is it that those who claim to be so enlightened have to have every tiny little detail explained? Don't they have even an ounce of imagination ? Is that what ALP voters are all about ?
When there is talk of welfare cuts it is aimed at those who don't require welfare i.e. those who are rorting the system.
The real needy will get welfare & that goes without saying.
Posted by individual, Monday, 15 July 2013 9:44:02 PM
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Lexi, 'lets forget left and right'

No radfem will be held responsible, ever.

When it is inconvenient for the Left to be held responsible, it is all lets forget left and right, while maintaining the Leftie slurs of misogynist, xenophobe, homophobe and so on, of course.

Old Leftie die-hard Robert Manne admitted that the Left got it horribly wrong on asylum seekers. He told Kevin Rudd so. Kevin Rudd wore his heart on his sleeve as the Left are prone to do and he did not consider the unintended consequences of his actions in abandoning Howard's policy.

After two terms of left politics, including the lunar left influence of the Greens and the social experiments that have been a part of that, of course there has to be accountability through review and attribution. Why waste more taxpayers' money creating harm?
Posted by onthebeach, Monday, 15 July 2013 11:44:02 PM
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