Nothing less than a return to serfdom or slavery will ever satisfy Corporate greed.

The reason for the rapid post WW2 growth in Western economies was due to rising and well paid lower and middle classes providing the economic stimulus required. It certainly wasn't due to the discredited "trickle-down effect" where the poor live off the scraps that fall from the tables of the rich and the only way to help the poor is to give the rich bigger meals.

There's also no point in effectively underpaying your own customers.

the majority..of the bailout funding [QUANTITATIVE 'EASING']..has gone to just under 1000 BIG Multinationals....YEP..PAID holidays will be next[most of the 'new'..jobs.. JOBS JOBS WILL BE Permanent casual]

its funny that pauls 2 pounds...THEN WAS TWO POUNDS OF GOLD
BY THE TIME I BEGAN WORKING IT WAS 16 POUNDS OF SILVER..AND TODAY..WE GET A PAPER DOLLAR..[FIAT paper../BY DECREE]..yep they want renter slaves that feed themselves[OR govt feeds them]..till some one wants a loyal casual..for the job..then go away/again

thing is 60 percent of .jobs jobs jobs is from small businESS
why cant govt 'bail then out'..[the thought comes to mind/

give a man a FISH..YOU FEED HIM FOR A day
teach a man how to fish..you feed him for life

school should teach the stuff that will help you survive
help people get job ready/GOVT SHOULD MARKET OUR SILLS AND TALENTS
SCHOOLS SHOULD SPECIALIZE/..public servants should be retrained every time they exceed 3 pay scales..THEIR PENSIONS SHOULD BE AVERAGED OUT..NOT all of EM..RETIRED ON THE HIGHEST PAY GRADE..[]AS THEIR BOSS RETIRES ETC]..

Its time we took back control over the public servant SLUSH FUND..WHERE THEY HOLD OUR 'PRIVATIZED SERVICES..PLUS TELECOM/COMMON WEALTH BANK ETC..and stop bailing out big business

YEAH DREAM ON

Wobbles asked;

Do we really want a society of a low paid underclass relying on tips to survive?

Sounds a lot like America.

The "small business" types never change, always bemoaning the worker as being too well off.
Butch I recall you once posted that it was justifiable for "small business" to rip off the tax system, something they are past masters at.

The latest is we have the worlds biggest blood sucking corporation, 'Apple' being exposed as a tax parasite on Australia. Whilst pocketing $8.9 billion in profits over the past 10 years, the blood suckers have paid almost nothing in tax. 'Apple' are just one high profile example of corporate greed, large and small. These corporate bludger's need to be called to account. This is nothing new, some years back I recall 'Mitsubishi' were also exposed as a tax parasite in Australia. What does Australia receive in return for hosting these foreign bloodsuckers, a few menial job? Well, if they are the likes of General Motors or Toyota they may get uo on morning and decide to pull the plug on those few menial jobs.

http://www.smh.com.au/business/tax-deal-how-apple-shifts-its-billions-out-of-australia-20140306-347x9.html

If you want to see whats really wrong with this country look at any news paper today and look for gina's comments this is from a women that daddy left his money to ( no problems with that ) but does that give her the right to talk about something she know's absolutely nothing about, Just how much money do you need gina ?

Aussieboy,
Jealousy is a curse and it looks like you have the curse.
As far as I can see all she said was work harder and get more.
Most people want to work less and get more.

dear chrisgaff1000
That's the point Chris work harder, not much more a lot of us can do to do that buddy I am already maxed out and I got my 50k wage last year
I really doubt Gina could of done my job and hours, Then tried to live on 50k a year ( a lot of extra hours to get ) 35k base without, Just to pay rent over that year cost almost 25k So please If you love to be told how to live by rich ignorant People go along believing that these people are looking out for you and Australia,
So please tell me chris how do i achieve this work harder part ?