Bazz you write there is no solution to this. And then you go on to tell us your version of an outcome. That is a conspiracy.

Everything has a solution it,s just we do not have the govt. to implement anything.

The govt says work for the dole is a failure, so what is the next phase.
How can you have a mild form of slavery. What about a little bit of tourture.

5 percent unemployed is full employment. That is govt,own words. So what percentage are we looking at.

Hi There CG1000...

Yeah you're right. Well ol' son it's ANZAC Day, never thought I'd ever see another one, after last year? I gotta be at the head of the queue now surely? No more marches (physically unable) massive contempt for the RSL, but hey, all's good you know how it is ?

Interestingly a bloke here on 'The Forum' (couple of months ago), claimed NSW 'Wallopers' received the most generous retirement pensions/benefits than any other blue collar industry in the Nation? I responded by saying, be that as it may, after spending 32 years in the job, you don't reckon we earned every penny of it!

Still he's entitled to his opinion nevertheless. What has got me annoyed though, many of these young blokes have absolutely no intention of ever seeking meaningful work, or undertake training, fitting them for employment. In other words ensure no employer will ever consider them as employable in any capacity. Preferring instead, to drain the public purse, each and every fortnight or whenever they receive their benefits. Our government must take a much harder line with these lazy individuals.

Sorry if my contribution is garbled I'm not great today.

Enjoy this special day CG1000.

//Alternatively, as Runner says, in the event of war, we could use them as human shields.//

Yeah, I'm not sure that you guys have really grasped the point of 'A Modest Proposal'. It's not really about the cannibalism at all; it's a piss-take of... you know what, never mind. Either you get it or you don't. Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you understand it better but the frog dies in the process.

Hi Tone,

Yes, Jonathan Swift's proposal, mainly in relation to an over-supply of Irish children: as an Irishman, he was concerned to ensure that Ireland was contributing its share to the British bottom line.

But your proposal does also infer that there could be a market in the live children trade to the Middle East: the transport ships would need hardly any modification; maybe hosing the decks down a bit more often. Any revenue gained could go towards making the lives of the workless more comfortable.

And we could make a good and environmentally-friendly start by rounding up all the children of the anti-populationists :)

How's that for a modest proposal ?

Joe

Doog, go and read the dictionary meaning of conspiracy.
I see no conspiracy, just a lack of knowledge.

Incidently, someone on the radio was saying that unemployment is
less in regional areas. Typically regional towns in NSW were around
3 or 4 percent.
Tie that together with lower house prices and it looks interesting.

o sung wu,
I couldn't trust me legs or heart to carry me the full journey today. I'll leave that to the younger generation I think.
Had a few cold ones and tossed a coin or two (and lost) back home for a 'nanny nap" around three.
What happens if Trump pulls the plug mate?
Maybe all the unemployed will get jobs as front line fodder.
Couldn't see them defending anything other than their dole though.
I look at all the backpackers that come through here (Cairns) and I see hordes of strapping young
youth, full of beans and rearing to go, obviously workers wherever they come from and then I look
at the pitiful specimens of humanity that we are
producing today and I see nothing less than complete social failure.
The system,, as it is, cannot support itself for much longer.
It's time we asked just who do we owe these billions of dollars to and maybe do what they did in South America.
Repudiate the debt, renege, go bankrupt and start again.
I am sure there would be plenty of takers out there in the world who would support our rise out of the financial mess we are in.
CG1000