Comments on: Budget Day Open Forum

By: Mutfethymooff

Mutfethymooff — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:43:37 +0000

Hi I just registered to this devoted place blog.libertarian.org.au . I would like to ask for your opinion.
Can you tell me please do you do forex and if yes what forex broker do you use?
Do you know of some reliable ones?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

P.S. Sorry if I have posted to wrong section this but as you can see I am new here.

By: Testttyq

Testttyq — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:46:25 +0000

Bye

By: Petr

Petr — Sat, 17 May 2008 06:06:23 +0000

The Liberals and Labor are pretty much the same parties these days, both pretty much centrist (labor leaning a bit left while liberal leaning a bit right). They defer just by names and it sucks, because they are the two biggest parties.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:09:43 +0000

Maybe the liberals are no longer good for anything because Labor has stolen it all from them?

By: nicholas gray

nicholas gray — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:31:24 +0000

I am shocked!
Shocked!
Shocked!
I was expecting wholesale nationalisation of industries, entrenchment of union privileges, and anti-rich tax scales.
What sort of Labor government is this?
They’re almost normal, and rational!
Looks like another three years in the wilderness for the L&D party.

By: Mark Hill

Mark Hill — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:56:08 +0000

“And this proves what exactly?”

That it is a dreadful waste better given back as tax cuts.

The money such an awful programme was funded by should have been given back as an increase in the TFT.

By: Shem Bennett

Shem Bennett — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:54:40 +0000

I agree with Mark. I think that the philosophy behind Work for the Dole was good (moving people able to work into work) but the implementation was poor. Same as getting single mothers onto work. I don’t think an authoritarian approach is the right way to do it. But definitely, people should be encouraged to get into work- it increases their own skills and own self-esteem in addition to getting them off the public purse.

By: pommygranate

pommygranate — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:50:37 +0000

Mark

60% of people would come out still unemployed and without any additional training

And this proves what exactly?

In a time of full employment, it is an affront to the ‘fairness’ that binds Australian society together that people should be eligible for welfare if they choose not to work.

By: Mark Hill

Mark Hill — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:23:46 +0000

A better disincentive to bludge is 90k+ salaries for unskilled workers in the mining industry.

By: Fleeced

Fleeced — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:11:49 +0000

Seems it was premature anyway… it’s staying:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/workforthedole-stays-vows-swan/2008/05/13/1210444386383.html

“60% of people would come out still unemployed and without any additional training.”

Perhaps… but it was an disincentive to bludge.