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"When I go to Melbourne I tend to exaggerate the advantages of living in Sydney ! " c/r

poirot, I don't really care what Joe, or anyone else for that matter says about our economy, as the fact is we are headed for a train wreck if we happen to loose mining.

While there was a spike in employment last quarter, they were temp jobs, hardly what one could bank their futures on as gone are the days of job security.

The other issue that many, including the media and governments have seemed to ignore, is the looming closure of our car industries, which will most likely be the biggest hit on our economy in modern times.

So if you, or anyone else for that matter thinks we are in great shape, then more fool you I say. Didn't you just tell me not to believe what I hear and read!

Foxy, I don't hide from anyone and if you wish to communicate with me via email, be my guest, just contact Graham for my address as I am more than willing to debate with you. Or anyone else for that matter.

BTW, would I be right in assuming Foxy is not your real name!

Poirot,>> (Don't mention the budget....I did once but I think I got away with it:)<<

P, I can’t fathom the reasoning behind whipping the TV repair man and replacing him with the imbecile who kicked the screen in.

Sorry P, but the following are facts:

Rudd inherited a $20 billion surplus.

During the Global Financial Crisis our GDP actually GREW every year except 2010.

P the wasted and rorted “stimulus packages” when measured against our GDP for those “economic crisis years” express as a fraction like this 0.0?.......not enough to change any aspect of economy as was declared the intent.....populist vote buying for the Labor Party was its purpose and they couldn’t even get that right.

I will qualify all I have said by saying once again....Hockey is an imbecile and Australia is still the CHEAPEST place for the Global Miners to operate on this planet ...................they pay no tax.

A last fact, in 1970 the average global tax bill for corporations was 26%........Today, globally, it is 9%....

...................they pay no tax.

Poirot, are you serious!

How can you say they pay no tax?

Not only that, but what about the taxes they create through employment?

If you seriously think they don't pay their share, then why not get rid of mining, then you will see the meaning of tough times.

Dear Rehctub,

It wasn't you that I was referring to in my earlier
post. And no Foxy is not my real name - although
it is a nickname that I was given and have used
it all of my life. I assume Rehctub is not your
real name either?

"The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."

and "Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."

Both known, among many, of Hermann Goering's quotes.

Have we learned nothing from history? Are we still so gullible and so easily lead that we can be put up to see some people as 'the other'? Less human? The enemy? Even those that deny it.

Foxy, you remain polite. I struggle with anger when I see this insistent need to find validation that there is an enemy about we need to go to war against. War is a most terrible calamity. I've been brought up on personal experiences from the WWII in both Europe and Asia, from soldiers and civilians.

Foxy, did you read this article? http://www.smh.com.au/comment/it-only-takes-one-drop-to-swell-the-tide-of-terrorism-20140921-10jwmt.html?utm_source=social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=nc&eid=socialn%3Afac-13omn1676-edtrl-other%3Annn-17%2F02%2F2014-edtrs_socialshare-all-nnn-nnn-vars-o