Let's get real ....

Hey. I am not from Australia, but the same thing is going to happen here in good ol' America. There is nothing anyone can do, but hope and pray to whatever deity that they suddenly come into a windfall of money. Factory jobs are just about completely outsourced now, some politicians here also want to get rid of teachers and more. People are up in arms about their money and don't realize that without taxes there is no way the government can pay back debts or even pay our military. I am not saying taxes aren't bad but at the same time, tax the people who are outsourcing or in that case importing workers. If more of the right wing idiots take control of the country, people are in for a rude awakening and I'm not saying our left wing idiots are any better. While I don't know much about importing here, I would assume the importing there is the same as the hiring of illegal immigrants here. It is really sad when your country's own flag is made in another country. Right wingers (and some left wingers) make it impossible for a child to set up a lemonade stand anymore without some rigorous and completely out there regulations. I find it sad that I am living in a time in which people are so greedy and other people are so blind that they fall for this garbage. I am half the age of some of the people who believe electing "right-wing" officials is a good idea. I think all the current ones and the ones running for president need to be thrown out of office and a combination of people with fresh young minds and true experiences of being older need to be in office. Not all these darn career politicians but sadly that is all there is left for the most part.

I think that such a government is under the influence of the agencies of financial notation. When a country today creates employment in its administrations or wants to provide more welfare to its citizens, you should bet to see its grade going down : the country will have to pay higher interest rates, the debt will increase and so the taxes will. These rating agencies are in my opinion responsible for these "austerity packages" lowering the quality of life of people in western countries. To sugar the pill, governments are tempted to find and point out new scapegoats, and your analysis is certainly right : their victims of today will be perfect scapegoats in 6 months. I am not sure they sleep as well as you think...

I actually have one question for you. Who pays for the Government Employee salaries and the Welfare?

If I believed the same rubbish & ill-informed nonsense with all the usual popularist assumptions you’ve included, then no, I wouldn’t be able to sleep well at night & wonder how someone who misunderstands things the way you seem to, can do so. I take it you are referring to a topic similar to this: http://au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/latest/13953126/qld-public-servants-wait-for-the-axe/ Now let me ask you some questions: Have you ever lived in Queensland for any length of time? Are you fully conversant with the dire debt situation they’re in now, thanks entirely to Labor (correct spelling for the Australian Labor Party, about which I’m referring to, which you seem to have had problems with earlier on)? Have you ever held a job in the Public Service at either a state or federal level? If “no” to any of the above, then just how qualified & informed are you to comment on the situation??? The good people of Queensland very recently voted overwhelmingly in favour of their current state government & have a very long history of the practices of right-wing political parties. My wife has spent most of her life both in Queensland & in state & federal public service. Your arguments have been squashed many times over. Public servants can move almost seamlessly between jobs in private companies & jobs in the public service with no delay, which has been my wife’s experience many times over. The skills are almost completely interchangeable, one just needs to be organized. Perhaps you should be more concerned about those in the manufacturing sector whose skills, if not used, the workers will lose. If you can recall, the Howard Government cut public servants quite heavily when he entered office. He then put in place measures to drive the economy at an extremely rapid pace, seeing growth & most importantly employment at the very best levels this country has ever seen. He left office with more in his public service than ever before & back then, he could easily afford to do so. Are you going on the latest figures for the Western Australian economy? Didn’t you see the graphs on ABC24 the other day? Of course mining is booming over there, but importantly, their retail sector is also booming along with it. WA’s retail figures lead the other states by a long, long, long way. Private companies both spend & invest their money far, far better than governments at any level. Check the list of the failed projects of the federal government if you don't believe me.