cont'd ...

The Coalition continues to declare,

"You can trust us with the economy.
We ran things well before."

Don't believe them.

They didn't.

In fact they were incompetent.

So Lexi, if they were incompetent, as you suggest, then how would you describe the previous labor government, led by Rudd and Gillard, remembering, they inherited an economy in surplus, money in the bank and a booming market/work place, not just in mining.

As for super, can I ask you, at what point should workers start to contribute to their own retirement or, do you think the burden should simply remain on the employer?

While I can accept that super was initially a trade off for wage increase, the same can no longer be said as the latest increase is on top of wage rises, so despite labors best efforts to take all credit for the increase, it's the employer that once again carries the load.

As for Howard/Costello inheriting a thriving economy, may I suggest we agree to disagree.

Rechtub while I can not name the firms here Australia,s biggest civil construction firms do bargain lessor wages rises to include some, sometimes all, super payments.
Enterprise Bargaining is the best way to get productivity increases and lets much more take place during the bargaining.
KPI,s key performance indicators include lost time safe work place and a host of mostly the employers wants.
I am often shocked as so many want to reduce wages but not understand just as job loss harms local business so does a reduced wages pool.

@ Posted by Foxy, Monday, 30 September 2013 11:13:35 AM

Rather than cut and paste so liberally and shamelessly from that 'independent' site you frequent, why not just post the link and have done with it?

Especially since you have declared previously that you are a librarian and a researcher.

@ Posted by Belly, Monday, 30 September 2013 2:58:28 PM

The downside has been the loss of permanent employment, which has nasty side-effects for the worker and family.

Dear rehctub,

The following link will answer your questions:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-07/alberici-economic-comparisons/4672166