Paul,

Did you see Scott Ludlum's welcome to WA speech to Tony Abbott.

It's an absolute corker - and my sentiments precisely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtqrfiEV8Gs

Yes Poirot, I did at about 3/4 mill hits now. One of the best I've seen in the last 20 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtqrfiEV8Gs

Aussieboy I'd like to comment/add a different perspective to a couple of the questions in one of your recent posts.

"Why Keep blaming the poor for the rich mistakes
Why Do we give Government handouts to people making over 50k a year"

I get the impression that it's mostly making middle income earners responsible for the choices of low income earners (and not all low income earners are poor).

In part to the second question, for many it's needed because government attempts to help some tends to drive up charges in that area pricing those same services beyond what many wage earners can afford. Medicine and child care are a couple that come to mind but I'm sure others could add to the list. When the government starts adding subsidies to a market it often seems to be the case that charges will rise to match the money that's available.

I could add an extra question which fit's in with my thoughts in this area.

Why do we have a progressive income tax system that takes no account of how hard someone has to work for their income and only minimal account of their need for the money they have worked for?

R0bert

Dear Paul,

<<I find it incongruous that the "leader" of a political party that has existed in Australia since 1892, and has been in and out of federal office since 1904 should in 2014 be calling for "ideas".>>

It's OK for old ideas to expire, as seems to be this case: I have no problem helping anyone out with constructive ideas, even if they, probably for nostalgic reasons, retain an irrelevant and unflattering name.

As I wrote earlier, I will give my vote in the next federal elections to the party which will allow me to ride a bicycle.

That would be an indication that the lucky party does not treat me as a baby and do not consider my private choice their business, whether or not to break my own head.

I always find human nature amusing.

When I see how people will always rubberneck at an accident, how Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton get more attention than captains of industry who shape our lives, and baby prince George gets more notice than the British PM, then I am not surprise when a sniveling whinge monkey gives a speech (ignored by his peers) primarily to hurl abuse, and gets avid attention by the left whinger twitterati.

I hope that Labor follows through with their threat not to preference the greens, and that this fatuous ex graphics designer rejoins the queue at Centrelink.

Lol!, SM,

It must get right up your nose that a (to quote your eminent Right-Wingness) "... a sniveling whinge monkey.... fatuous ex graphics designer..." can articulate so well that his speech to a near empty Senate chamber can garner 3/4 of million youtube hits in around a week.

Obviously some people are interested.