Comments on: Australian Elections 2007

By: Umm Yasmin

Umm Yasmin — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:57:28 +0000

Always the Greens. I cannot bear to vote Howard and the Liberals. Rudd and Labor are Liberals-lite. The Democrats no longer exist (pretty much).

By: Antish

Antish — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:36:37 +0000

” (provided it is their money that they are spending and not my money, of course).”

It is, in a sense, your money. if the government spends less on hospitals so people can spend more on big TVs, you get worse hospitals. Not a great way to spend ‘your’ (as a citizen) money.

In a society there’s not really any such thing as “your money” – it’s part of a very complex whole.

By: LDU

LDU — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:28:52 +0000

Are there any candidates from the Australian Communist Party contesting?

By: Amir

Amir — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:28:08 +0000

No, it doesn’t. This is what I believe in. I have no problem with the idea that people should have more right to the fruit of their labour than the government or other people. If they then choose to waste that money on coke, chips, giant TV and silly clothes, then that’s their right (provided it is their money that they are spending and not my money, of course).

By: Antish

Antish — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:22:57 +0000

Amir, doesn’t this statement from the top of the LDP site make you shudder? “Individuals spend their money much more productively than governments.”

Hang around any shopping centre and you’ll see thousands of individuals ‘productively’ spending their money on coke, chips, giant TVs, silly clothes, etc, etc. Other than some food and housing (perhaps) it’s hard to think of ANYTHING useful that the average taxpayer spends money on.

The idea that ‘the common folk know best’ is ludicrously flawed.

By: Antish

Antish — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:15:14 +0000

Shadower, what do you think would happen if the Libs won and Howard retired, as promised (LOL)? A seamless transition of leadership to Costello? Not bloody likely. Abbot, Turnbull et al would be in there contesting the leadership.

Fortunately the Libs won’t win, and hopefully the Greens will control the senate.

By: Shadower

Shadower — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:34:25 +0000

But the question is does Rudd have what it takes to run the country?

That is what I doubt about the man. He is a likeable fella, but since when was that enough to vote for? Many people probably will vote based on that though.

By: Amir

Amir — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:53:39 +0000

I'll probably vote LDP for the senate.

By: null

null — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:21:15 +0000

Dunno. Not Labor or Libs though.

By: Baybers

Baybers — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:50:59 +0000

clearly Amir, you have been swayed by that Punjabi miscreant, T cell