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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
..heck, we have low unemployment, low interest rates, low national dept, massive balance of trade surplus,... all of which, alarmingly, makes us one of the most prosperous economies in the World  . |
Oops!... epic fail in bold
You must be getting your sources from Greg Combet
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Sheesh, as a nation we are doing it tough, so badly in fact that if I earn $60K in Australia and move to France (just for example) I would need to earn AU$80K to maintain my current standard of living...  ... |
Probably not enough actually because AUD is worth much less against the euro, buy you're right. Standard of living in Oz is much better. We still pay 40c in a dollar in taxes though. It'd better be good
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
so oh yeh, I totally get what you are saying - deffinitely a change needed in the Treasury dept, this sad state of affairs needs rectifying straight away...and to rub salt into the wound our uneducated ex union officials are approving the wrong companies to build the first solar power plants in Australia, I never  . |
No the union guy seems more qualified. But then again re:solar I'm sure Wayne Swan will love all those mirrors to fix up his comb over. Lighten up dude