The six ways to fix the economy are all sensible in the short term.... which is precisely why they wont be implemented.
Politicians are not interested in doing what is right for the country, they are only interested in maintaining power and trying to inflict their particular dogma on the rest of us.. These cretinous morons play their power games with scant regard for the impact it has on the public, our environment or the future. They waste OUR money, destroy OUR environment and retire on fat benefits WE pay for.
Pollies work to maintain the status quo... the rich get richer, the poor get poorer. When "busted", the legal profession protects them. Rarely does a Polly do time, yet the stench of corruption at all levels of government is palpable. Disgraced pollies almost always pop up again in some power position. The Royal Commisions plastered all over the media will doubtlessly lead to NOTHING.
Those in the major parties demonise anyone who attempts to break their power. Greens are labelled as "fringe", dangerous and incompetent yet they are the only party who make an attempt to stand up for our environment..., you know that thing we all rely on for survival... Liberals rip everything labour does to pieces, and vice verse. Both sidea LIE blatantly and the rest of us pay for it over and over again.
Longer term, even the "6 ways" wont fix the economy, our economy cant be fixed because it is predicated on constant growth and that is completely impossible on a single planet... "Fixing" the economy requires a new way of thinking and I am sorry to say, I don't believe we are capable of doing it at this point in time. The planets systems will need to substantially collapse before "self-interest" stops being our motivation.
I've come to the conclusion that Western "democracy", like all other systems of government, is a complete failure. Those who "lead" us are not qualified to do so and those that vote them in are, for the most part, idiots. Pollies threaten us with fines if we don't vote, but don't provide a "none of the above" option on the ballet paper. That aint free, nor is it democratic.
We call it a rat race for a good reason. Anyone care to stop running?
