sir prince duke alevine wrote on Feb 7
th, 2011 at 3:43pm:
Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 7
th, 2011 at 3:40pm:
The working class choosing an income 6 times has nothing to do with the Government but rather personal responsibility.
Look at any successful Government where the people prospered - take Britain under Mrs Thatcher for example - she believed it was necessary to have people accept responsibility and for people to look after themselves - not to rely on Governments.
A Government's job is to get out of the way.
A lot of the time half of things people on here talk about is tantamount to socialism - and nobody wants a return to the failure of those days.
Hey I agree; that's why your subsidy idea is complete wonk because all it will inevitably do is drive the cost of electricity upwards and become obsolete.
As for 6times their income, no it's thanks to the introduction of unfavourable negative gearing and capital gains policies, along with the state governments not releasing new land and the commonwealth not releasing their land. But the issue would not be the same if it weren't for the unfavourable negative gearing and capital gians policies introduced by the retarded Howard government.
In any case, you are constantly contradicting your view. ON one hand you believe in small government. On another hand, you are advocating for subsidies to be handed out by a government to all, which straight away will effect the private market.
You are a complete num nut. Go back to your rock for the day and come back tomorrow to sprout that you're a family man who is "working class" blah blah blah blah blah no one actually cares.
Absolute bollocks.
You can believe in smaller Government and have targetted subsidies!
Mrs Thatcher did exactly that and nobody was a more firm believer in smaller Government than her!
Small Government relates to the Government getting out of areas in which it adds little value.
Transport, schools, healthcare - all areas where the private sector would be better placed to run.
Governments role should be to remove red-tape, help businesses, put in place policies which bring about stable, efficient movement of resources and capital.
Subsidies to help everyday working people as they face cost of living pressure is such a tool.