Livin' la Vida Povo
Yes. We are living the poverty life.
No matter who wins the election this Saturday, I feel confident in predicting that in 3 years time, come the following election, that Australians collectively and per capita will be poorer, angrier, taxed more, and unhappier.
If this election has not been the WORST in my living memory, I don’t know which has.
In one corner, are lying incompetents and in the other, are incompetent liars.
Hanging around fringes are teal coloured economic terrorists trying to out do green coloured actual terrorists.
Writing his latest column for the AFR,
wrote:The reality is that the 2025 election campaign has been the culmination of a decade of mediocre politics.
If only. It’s been a quarter of a century of kakistocratic politics. And to save people running for the dictionary:
Kakistocracy (/ˌkækɪˈstɒkrəsi/ KAK-ist-OK-rə-see) is government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.
All across the board.
Take this for example.
Sparty happens to live in Albanese country. Yes. I am a resident in Grayndler.
This arrived in the mailbox today:
These are apparently 5 good reasons to vote for Labor.
Increasing taxes to give back via energy subsidies necessary because of policies to increase energy prices.
More borrowed money to finance declining educational outcomes.
Protecting Medicare. From who or what?
Making it easier to buy a home by destroing the economy.
Oh and further meddling in state health management matters.
Anything about growing the economy, productivity, prosperity? Nada. Nil. Zilch.
Like a Soviet commissar.
The Liberals, don’t start me. The Nationals, policy does not matter if their regional seats are subsidised to buggery.
The governing philosophy of modern Australia is that Ronald Reagan warned about:
If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
I would like to close on a positive not, but sorry, can’t.
As Simon and Garfunkle wrote:
Going to the candidates' debate
Laugh about it, shout about it
When you've got to choose
Every way you look at it, you lose
Every way you look at it, you lose.
Mate, if they REALLY wanted to grow the economy, then by far the best way to do that would be to sack the lot of themselves and leave people to their own devices.
That's never gonna happen.
There is not a single candidate there who would be advocating a Miller chainsaw approach to policy.
The Libertarians come close, but there will never get to have any say in anything.
Remember that even when David Leyonhjelm managed to get elected, it was only because too many moronic voters could not tell the difference between 'Liberals' and 'Liberal Democrats', and even he, despite all his attempts, had zero impact on anything the government of the day did.
(And no, unlike what the effwit politicians like to say, voters are NOT smart. Too many of them love free sh*t way too much and even more are dumber than a rock. Just look at what just happened in Canada for proof!)