Dän;6211073 said:
Yes, No, gay.
Ive never said he hasnt lied to us - GST of course was a blatent lie, why wasnt he voted out then?
The people that I know who admit voting liberal were all scared of another of his lies...interest rates. Single issue for the majority of them. They didn't like what he's done to health care and education, but were scared shitless by the single issue of "low interest rates", in spite of the fact that they are paying more interest (dollar amounts) now than they ever were when they were at 17%.
Dän;6211073 said:
Give me a good reason not to vote for him; challenge the undeniable sound economic policies that this government has with better ideas then I'll consider changing my mind, until then you clearly have no reasons that are intellegent.
I think that you mean intelligent.
I don't like being lied to...that's reason enough for me, the rest of your paragraph is crap.
Turning our IR and health care systems into copies of the United States is another reason that I won't support him (By the way, I helped vote him in in the first place)
As to sound economic reasons, how about their listening to the Productivity Commission ?
The Productivity Commission are quoted extensively when it comes to work place relations etc, but when the recommendations are to restrict negative gearing (practiced a lot by the wealthy conservatives), that is rejected.
That's part of the reason for the insane housing prices that exist at present, ensuring that the average Oz family will struggle to pay of a house, and then have to resort to reverse mortgaging to be able to afford their retirement.
Last 20 years, wages have essentially doubled, while housing prices are up five fold. Investors in houses get tax breaks, while the rest of us, and their tenants pay the mortgages.
Allowing "investment" companies, and big business (like the oil companies) to fleece the populace is another reason to get rid of him.
labor like welfare, liberals like corporate welfare.
Sucking up to George Bush is another reason that he should go. "Free trade" agreements that open our borders to U.S. goods, but restrict access to ours (the U.S. refuse to buy our steel, but will take iron ore, won't take our beef etc.etc.), illegal wars, etc.
Buying a shit load of U.S. military equipment that can't be used to defend the country. The Abrahms tanks (one owner, low mileage) that we bought can't be taken from Sydney to Lithgow (look at the distance on a map) without dragging them nearly to Tamworth to the North, or nearly Albury to the south, as they can't get here on their own steam, and won't fit through the train tunnels. They are also incompatible with our existing tank based infrastructure, like mobile bridges etc. They have been purchased SOLELY to allow us to better fir in to whichever war we are in with the U.S. (look up the JSF, and explain to me how they are worth the asking price)...see sucking up to the U.S.
Scrapping his 707 (which he should have, it was archaic), and then buying TWO executive equipped (36 seats only) 737-800s, plus 4 executive equipped challenger aircraft to replace it. Then sticking it to the RAAF for blowing the budget. Shit, even the Queen flies British airways. Why does Howard need two 36 seat airliners, 4 Challenger's at a cost of around $500M ? (personally, I wouldn't mind seeing him in both of them at the same time).
Allowing employers to use worker's entitlements (long service leave, super etc) as operating funds, then allowing the employees to be placed last when it comes to divvying up the funds when the company finally goes bankrupt.
Generating bail-out laws, where the taxpayer funds bankrupt companies paying out their worker's entitlements, and having his brother be the first company to access such bail-outs (haven't been that many since, either).
Guess that's enough for now (also hate his "uniform gun laws", which are anything but uniform, and are a joke on all levels).
