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Originally Posted by AndrewJ
Gday Mike
Whilst i agree we are still better off than most,
many in this country are now going backwards relative to CPI
and a few are screaming ahead and dont care.
It cant last.
When an average person earning $20-30 per hr before tax has to go to a dentist or lawyer etc who charges $400 per hr, something is wrong.
Life in any society is based on a feeding pyramid,
and if the people at the bottom go under, the pyramid collapses.
I dont care what happens in other countries, if we dont end up
with an "equitable" system here, it will end in tears,
and we appear to be heading there fast.
The current privatise and be damned appears to be
a short term money money grab by govts ( of all persuations )
and we will all end up paying for it,
with a big chunk of the money going OS.
And as an astro example, look at all the people who
squeal like stuck pigs about the cost of gear in Oz.
They want "their" salary to be a first world one relative to the
costs in Oz, but reject paying prices that allow Oz vendors
to also live in the same "relative" conditions.
Bernoulli had it right with his theory on "regression to the mean",
ie we're heading for the poo but just cant smell it yet.
Andrew
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Hi Andrew, all maybe true but in the scheme of things it is just pessimistic cheery picking to me (no offence intended), in comparison to the rest of the world we are still the best...I mean did you have a good look at No1 in my post above.?? - fairdinkum, it can't be too bad here because we just won't die!
Mike