Sunday, May 29, 2011
Ranting of the Aussie Bloke: Carbon Tax
Ranting of the Aussie Bloke: Carbon Tax: "If people really believe that the compensation that is offered to household from a Carbon Tax will 1. Be a positive to ofset higher prices..."
Carbon Tax
If people really believe that the compensation that is offered to household from a Carbon Tax will
1. Be a positive to ofset higher prices
2. Really hurt the big companies
Then you I am sorry to say very naive. I have lived on this planet for 49 yrs and I have never seen a tax that will be helpful and make me better off. I do know what the purpose of Taxation is and I have seen many examples of new taxes coming in but not many being dropped.
Examples of this was the Golden Casket Lottery Tickets ,set up to pay for free public hospitals in Queensland , worked for a number of years until the money was diverted into Gov't Coffers. The hospitals in Qld are now some off the worst in the country.
So I for one do not trust any Government either Labor or Liberal . The Governments seem to forget that they work for the people and that we have to have a say in all policy. While this country works on a two party system where the members follow party lines and not listen to the voters then we are doomed to be led by people with a limited vision and the country and its people will suffer at the hands of big business. We need to be leaders in the world not followers and all new ideas need to be inbraced.
The Parliment is a house of the people and it is about time that it started to act that way in staed of being a house of party's that are controlled by back room movers and shakers
I say to say no to any new tax and to oppose it and all that it stand for until every other option is spent.and there a awful lot out there
The Aussie Bloke
1. Be a positive to ofset higher prices
2. Really hurt the big companies
Then you I am sorry to say very naive. I have lived on this planet for 49 yrs and I have never seen a tax that will be helpful and make me better off. I do know what the purpose of Taxation is and I have seen many examples of new taxes coming in but not many being dropped.
Examples of this was the Golden Casket Lottery Tickets ,set up to pay for free public hospitals in Queensland , worked for a number of years until the money was diverted into Gov't Coffers. The hospitals in Qld are now some off the worst in the country.
So I for one do not trust any Government either Labor or Liberal . The Governments seem to forget that they work for the people and that we have to have a say in all policy. While this country works on a two party system where the members follow party lines and not listen to the voters then we are doomed to be led by people with a limited vision and the country and its people will suffer at the hands of big business. We need to be leaders in the world not followers and all new ideas need to be inbraced.
The Parliment is a house of the people and it is about time that it started to act that way in staed of being a house of party's that are controlled by back room movers and shakers
I say to say no to any new tax and to oppose it and all that it stand for until every other option is spent.and there a awful lot out there
The Aussie Bloke
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Local Government
Living in Brisbane we have a unique Council that controls a area bigger than some countries.
We all elect the Lord Mayor of the City by popular vote
Yet we are being torn apart by petty party politics and we have a council that seems for intent on gaining as much points as possible. We have an opposition that will oppose everything for just the sake of it.
In my humble opinion it is pathetic Local Government is design to work on the local issues of parks, footpaths, garbage ,water and sewerage. Not the crap that they are going on with at the moment arguing about car parks in units and to decease the cars in suburban streets.
Both sides of the council agree that there is a problem and that it should be fixed , well instead of working together and fixing the problem they are out there arguing who didn't the right thing years ago .
Well I have news for you Councillors just fix the problem ,maybe even work together for the good of the ratepayers and achieve something worth while, we really don't care who didn't do what 10 years ago ,what we care about is now and who fixed the problem.
Brisbane was flooded a while ago and the Council did a good job working together in that time of trouble lets see if they can continue that in fair weather.
Just all remember that there is an election in less than 12 months and the people are getting tired of all the Bullshit and political speak they what to see action and results.
Remember we are watching.
The Aussie Bloke
We all elect the Lord Mayor of the City by popular vote
Yet we are being torn apart by petty party politics and we have a council that seems for intent on gaining as much points as possible. We have an opposition that will oppose everything for just the sake of it.
In my humble opinion it is pathetic Local Government is design to work on the local issues of parks, footpaths, garbage ,water and sewerage. Not the crap that they are going on with at the moment arguing about car parks in units and to decease the cars in suburban streets.
Both sides of the council agree that there is a problem and that it should be fixed , well instead of working together and fixing the problem they are out there arguing who didn't the right thing years ago .
Well I have news for you Councillors just fix the problem ,maybe even work together for the good of the ratepayers and achieve something worth while, we really don't care who didn't do what 10 years ago ,what we care about is now and who fixed the problem.
Brisbane was flooded a while ago and the Council did a good job working together in that time of trouble lets see if they can continue that in fair weather.
Just all remember that there is an election in less than 12 months and the people are getting tired of all the Bullshit and political speak they what to see action and results.
Remember we are watching.
The Aussie Bloke
Monday, May 9, 2011
Refugees
This is the first of the Many Blogs that we will have. All comments are welcome and no offensive will taken.
We now have a situation of a Federal Govt that is prepared to send refugees to Malaysia .
Well we seem to take these people in and the Govt puts them in detention to protect the major population of this Country.....that seems to be wrong.
When after assessment and we decide that they are not successful and we are about to send them home they cause a riot and burn and destroy the property of Australia,we deal with the threat with force ..........that seems to be wrong.
Well as a Aussie Bloke I know that their are some refugees that need our help and they are so welcome in this country ,we will support them and help them in all ways possible which is the Aussie Way that we all accept and love
However when they treat this Country with DIS-RESPECT then we as Australian have to act and if that means that we ship them to another centre in a different country then so be it
We have to protect ourselves from all and any threats and we will do it
And that is my opinion
The Aussie Bloke
We now have a situation of a Federal Govt that is prepared to send refugees to Malaysia .
Well we seem to take these people in and the Govt puts them in detention to protect the major population of this Country.....that seems to be wrong.
When after assessment and we decide that they are not successful and we are about to send them home they cause a riot and burn and destroy the property of Australia,we deal with the threat with force ..........that seems to be wrong.
Well as a Aussie Bloke I know that their are some refugees that need our help and they are so welcome in this country ,we will support them and help them in all ways possible which is the Aussie Way that we all accept and love
However when they treat this Country with DIS-RESPECT then we as Australian have to act and if that means that we ship them to another centre in a different country then so be it
We have to protect ourselves from all and any threats and we will do it
And that is my opinion
The Aussie Bloke
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