Yuyutsu,
If you don't buy SPC you are left no alternative but buy fruit processed in South Africa, NZ, China, Thailand and the EU. The workers and farmers are not the problem so they deserve to have employment and supply of their product to the Australian market; otherwise we end up paying them unemployment relief as their skills are limited.

Dear Josephus,

Firstly, I don't have to buy processed fruit: we can always limit ourselves to fresh fruit in season, though of course we won't get the same variety.

Secondly, I prefer helping South Africa, Thailand and the EU over helping the Americans, especially those bastards who sell us their black poison.

But most importantly, a crisis in the short term will help the Australian farmers in the long term to reorganise, kick those Americans blood-suckers out and start something healthy instead.

There is no need to pay the workers and farmers unemployment benefits as they will most happily continue to work - we only need to give them alternate machinery.

Chances are that once the Americans understand that they are truly unwanted here, they would sell their assets cheaply. Of course I could be wrong and they might deliberately wreck their machines and in revenge sell them as scrap-metal, but I am prepared for that possibility because even then we have the ability to rebuild our own industry from scratch.

Australians do not eat enough fresh fruit to maintain the farms. By canning it it spreads the availability throughout the year and much more fruit can be produced to keep the farms viable. A lot of fresh fruit is brought into Australia when our growing season is finished

Josephus, perhaps those who were happy to take the money when they sold the original Co-opt to Coke should put their hands back in their pocket, & buy the company back.

I guess not, if they had wanted to own the thing, they wouldn't have sold it in the first place. Perhaps they were well advised to get out when they did.

Belly, if the truth hurts, it is not much use sticking your fingers in your ears & running away, in an effort to avoid facing it.

Unless unions wake up, they will destroy all the jobs, just as they have in the industries I highlighted. Just like they did in the UK, there will be little left, as the mines wind down, if no new ones replace them.

On present predictions, new mines will be in Africa & South America. Hell it is more profitable to mine in the US now, even with a ratbag in the white House, than it is in Oz today.

You can't hide from the truth mate. All you can do is correct the problems, of sink out of sight in the mess you create when you ignore it. Yes it hurts like hell when you lance a boil, but it hurts a hell of a lot more if you just let it fester. Make your choice.

Ar running away again I see hey Belly, always playing the victim.

It just goes to show you can take the person out of the union job, but you can't take the union job out of the person. Once a one eyed unionist, always a one eyed unionist. You see things from your side only, no ifs no buts!

I would understand if these workers were being underpaid, but the truth is, they are being over paid when taking the norm into account. It's a pity your pride won't let you see that as it would allow you to participate in these threads longer.