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ah right gotcha. I guess I should have said in my post simply Labour was more left than Liberal.
btw if no one minds, I'd like to derail the thread a bit [ QUOTE ] - A ridiculously high minimum wage ($13/hr = ~$11 US) - Enforced employer paid contributions to superannuation of 9% - Free education for all who want it (with a token loans scheme) - Holiday leave loading, generous sick days and other worker entitlements - Otherwise strong employee protection that goes to point of being economically harmful and overly restrictive on the choices of entrepreneurs - Free health care for all, which is getting strained with an ageing population - A relatively large government and high taxation [/ QUOTE ] This is what I love about Australia <3 Yeah I like high taxes (relative to say America). necessary obv for all of the above. If anything I would like higher taxes overall [ QUOTE ] - Universal social security benefits which people used to bludge off under a labor government. [/ QUOTE ] hmm you really think it's that bad? the benefits are obvious. I was under the impression it's actually quite annoying these days to abuse the doll. You have to apply to 4 jobs a week or something (and they randomly check your applications to see if it's legit), and if you don't get a job after a while you have to take a course on how to properly create a resume and stuff. This is just anecdotal evidence from a friend of mine who was on it [ QUOTE ] All of these things are, imo, much too far to the left for Australia to remain prosperous in a global economy and a long way from a streamlined and free society. [/ QUOTE ] well by now you can easily guess I'd disagree here. But a lot of it probably comes down to personal preference, I am willing to sacrifice quite a lot of overall prosperity for the sake of the poorer half of the country. But anyway, haven't we been doing ok for a while without a "streamlined and free society"? [ QUOTE ] The US on the other hand has a great deal more wealth and population and some serious social justice issues which have massive hidden economic and human costs. I think the Democrats are the only way to correct these issues. [/ QUOTE ] Couldn't agree more. I've lived half my life in the states, half in Australia (dual citizen). Simply put I much prefer Australia, and would not want to veer towards America's way of doing things for fear ending up like America (poverty and lack of social mobility, mostly) |
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