He's gone too Ruddy far this time

Winston - your tone is getting worse. Dont you realise politics and religion are discussions that just cant be won?

then stop trying to win AR....and just put YOUR hand in YOUR pocket to pay for all the injustice you perceive.

btw, this is the 5th time I've asked you to define capitalism.
 
There you go getting personal again! Want a hug?

I'm getting personal for sure...after you smart 4r5e remarks I have nothing to hide there AR...you are simply goading me and others here in the hope that you can show off how good you are at arguing....

You still have not answered my question .....what is the reference to $400 or 400% that you so smartly queried me on.....?
 
Gandhi is from India! That is important because India is impoverished and has a billion people. That is the environment in which he operated and his views regarding self determination are completely valid. In the west its a little different! Socialism and capitalism need to be seen in context!

There is a reason Gandhi (his persona) was not born out of a upper middle class family from manhatten!

You've lost me AR. You obviously live in a parallel reality to me.
Socialism didn't get the British Empire or the USA out of poverty.
Nor did it get India out of poverty.
Enterprise gets countries out of poverty.
Unless you count China....which has got some people out of poverty because their communist elites are exploiting the largest underclass in human history.
 
I'd define the Australian labor party as a socialist party. Not as socialist as the greens though. The liberals and nationals are more capitalist.

Nailed it TC.

The Labor crowd are generally on the side of the worker. The family and the people with less. We do need it, but there has to be a limit. Labor doesn't have it.

Labor will always for policy and budget based on what the little man in the street wants/needs. Pensions for this, grants for that. Give 'em more.

But, this is not always good for the economy - think: things such as loading on holiday pay, employer contributed super, long service leave - to name a few.

All sounds great, yes? Well, think why almost all manufacture is not in Australia anymore.

The Libs are more in favour of encouraging enterprise and endeavour. This promotes growth in industry, commerce, retail, and increases employment.

The economy grows, and hopefully puts more people to work and less on welfare - more income earners means more taxes to improve the infrastructure, amenities and so on.

Welfare and other free handouts improves the economy... how?
 
I was watching mr rudd this afternoon on the abc,by the way he was talking everybody is better off under his leadership,what the libs need to do is give " TA" the flick,then bring in front row joe,let him run the party prior too the lead up then bring back Malcolm Turnbull..willair..
 
I was thinking about Hawke and Keating, and how the Left put them up as the Left's poster boys, who made Australia globally competitive.

I mean like, wtf, I see them as the biggest hypocrites on the face of the planet. Hawke, one of the biggest union agitators of all time, exposes his true colors....and the color is racist. Why?

These two Sydney Harbor dwelling gits determine that underpaid labor is a sin in Australia, but not in some third world country. These two are happy for labor to be exploited, as long as it's off shore.

How the left can think human exploitation is unacceptable within its borders, but kosher outside, drives home the naivety of socialists in developed nations.
 
I was thinking ...
I mean like....

....WW rhetoric-heard these rantings before...

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naivety of socialists i

Absurd to nonsense and now the ->ridiculous.



Seriously Winnie, if labor upsets you so much, why not find youself a nice island somewhere? That and a bex, and a lie down...

King Winnie, of Island RightWingNonsense

You, Andrew the Bolt, Johnny the cricket, whatshisname, the Sydney radio guy that hangs around toilets...Tony the Abbott.

That'd be nice. You could lecture them on all the sneaky lefty tricks.:)
 
Seriously Winnie, if labor upsets you so much, why not find youself a nice island somewhere?

If all the righties left town, the tree hugging fraternity would run out of goods and services before they could put their bongs down.

OO, if you have an issue with Andrew Bolt et al, remit 70% of your gross income to the ATO, don a Gandhi dhoti, and spend 10 hours a week doing community service.

And leave the production of marketable goods and services to those who understand the world enough to take the risks to do so.
 
Did they happen to give you a date that this would happen, and state how this is going to be achieved?

Easy.

1. We sell more of our produce than we buy or theirs. (do we still produce anything?)
2. Don't spend any grants for the study of mating habits of witchety grubs.
3. cull half of the pub service and their junkets, take away all their perks other than wages and industry super.
4. cut off their (pollies) super until death after they vacate office.
5. add a few more Gubbmint costs into the transaction of a property purchase/build/sell.
6. more revenue cameras. (amazingly, we don't seem to have very many red light cameras anymore?)
7. cut welfare payments to single, unmarried mothers with more than one child (one accident we can forgive, but two?), and those same mothers who are living with a partner who is fully employed.

There's a few for ya's.
 
WW - why do you want me to define capitalism? Explain that to me again im not that smart.

You took an age to tell me who was the best capitalist country in the world - sort of anyway - eventually you agreed there was no capitalist utopia! So right wing fascist capitalism doesnt work either.

FWIW I think conswervative governments have a place - occassionally as an antodote against too much liberal rule and vice versa.

Again its cyclical as it should be. We dont want right wing crazies and left wing pinkos in charge for too long do we. Its the natural balance of things. Has been that way forever.

You keep spilling your hatred for all things slightly left of centre mate.
Its irrartional. There was a time I thought you were balanced. Hate is not balanced. Never was.

Because I am questioning you conservatives you think i like to fight. Yes i love a fight but its because you guys are off the planet. And when you have nothing left to say you all get personal and spill out more hateful rhetoric.

Crazy stuff.
 
Come on AR, admit malcontent zealot socialists and caves (citizens against virtually everything) spread the most hatred, derision, and scorn, in the least informed manner.

Name one comedian, a mainstay of the ABC, who is a conservative.
Who is derided most by QandA audiences, guests, and Tony Jones?
Which way do ABC and SBS staff vote, overwhelmingly?

The left are so ingrained in hating evil capitalists they aren't aware of it.

If you don't want to define capitalism AR, define progressive. What do progressives want us to progress towards???
 
Come on AR, admit malcontent zealot socialists and caves (citizens against virtually everything) spread the most hatred, derision, and scorn, in the least informed manner.

Name one comedian, a mainstay of the ABC, who is a conservative.
Who is derided most by QandA audiences, guests, and Tony Jones?
Which way do ABC and SBS staff vote, overwhelmingly?

The left are so ingrained in hating evil capitalists they aren't aware of it.

What about all of the conservative columnists in the Murdoch press? I think Bolty, Albrechtson, Ackerman and Shanahan serve up more bile and ill-infromed opinion than anyone at the ABC.
 
What about all of the conservative columnists in the Murdoch press? I think Bolty, Albrechtson, Ackerman and Shanahan serve up more bile and ill-infromed opinion than anyone at the ABC.

They are paid by private corporations, not the taxpayer.
Besides, Fairfax has its fair share of lefties.

If you want bile and ill informed political bias, try JJJ.
In fact, for 3 decades they openly encouraged and trivialized the smoking of marijuana. It amounted to an advertising campaign for hooch.
That's what I see as progressive.

Interesting that they've gone numb on that recently....It's amazing no one has tried to sue them for misinforming several generations, and contributing to thousands of cases of mental illness.
 
Albrechtson is on the board of the ABC, her directors fees paid for by the taxpayer. A nice appointment from her 'favourite' Prime Minister.
 
Is it wrong of me to have no interest what so ever in politics?

I have not taken notice to anything any politician has said in the last 10 years. Would I be better or worse off if I did?


Oh, I vote labour by the way. Just out of habit because my parents have done so all their lives. Bad habits die hard I guess :p

Cheers

Mick
 
your probably better off not voting for anyone if you dont have an interest and dont care.

This is true. :D

I guess as time goes on and I get older, politics and what it means to me and my family will become more important. Not having a family of my own the last 30 years means I have not had much social responsibility. Now I have a partner, baby and mortgage, I may take more notice.

Cheers

Mick
 
Which way do ABC and SBS staff vote, overwhelmingly?

The left are so ingrained in hating evil capitalists they aren't aware of it.

The UK BBC coined the phrase 'institutional racism', when describing the police.

In return they were dubbed 'institutionally socialist', which seemed very apt!

It stemmed from the fact that the question was aways 'why aren't you spending more on....' rather than ' why are you wasting tax payers money on.......'
 
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