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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
This is a good article by Michael Pascoe that puts all the general winging nicely in perspective for all you cranky old men and women.
http://www.smh.com.au/money/borrowin...028-1mn00.html
So easy to cherry pick and complain about certain things but when the overall picture is analysed there are some glaring inconsistencies and plenty of ways an individual can off set any increases, just have to have the will, as Michael puts it "Our perception of reality is highly selective"
Mike |
And you had the cheek to winge about Andrew Bolt. The first 3 paragraphs might meet our lifestyle but certainly don't equate much to mine.
Everything I have I have had to work for, no Government help what so ever,no pensions, no payments, no nothing but allas living in a reasonably remote area where everything cost more (Freight they tell us) we have to factor in more each and every time there is a fuel hike. I have put 2 girls through University without an handouts what so ever, both had to live away from home but no subsidy was available for that. Most city kids can at least live at home while attending University, Not so in the country.
What do you heat our house with Mike? I would assume Natural gas. What is your bill fror gas, about $200/2 months. If I use gas to heat my house it's at least 2 bottles a week at $120/bottle. If I use Electricity it's still about twice the price of gas.
Running your car, Fuel, again I assume has risen and fallen in your area but rarely sits above $1.50/ litre. For the last 12 months petrol/diesel prices have not been below $1.50 per litre.
General Groceries. We pay a premium to have tem available in our small town of 2500 people.
I live here because this is where I have employment not for the lifestyle. I would move tomorrw if I had other sutable employment and could afford it.
Micheal Pascoe is just another tosser writting articles to feed to the employer he has at the moment. Any real or implied truth is just mearly your thoughts as well. If his comments were directed at a political party you would view them somewhat differently, I'm sure.
My wage for the last 10 years has actually lost ground against the cost of living without factoring in the extra I pay to live and work in a semi remote area.
Mike it seems so easy to dredge up articles which sell your case but maybe to live them would put yourself and the likes of Pascoe back into some reality istead of the safe little dome you live in.
I'm done, getting angry, Time to quit.