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Why vote for a liberal government
Nov 4^th, 2015 at 12:59pm

Voters must have an intense dislike of asylum seekers.

The latest Morgan Poll is great for the government, which sees them leading the opposition 56.5/43.5.

Taking away personalities (ie, disregarding that many people obviously like Malcolm Turnbull), it really is hard to see what the government has going for them.

If re-elected, they will make life harder or more miserable for near on all of the population. “Yes we can” says the poster. And yes they will. For example, if re-elected they:

will be doing nothing to address climate change
will possibly increase the GST, costing each family about $4,000 a year
will continue to ignore science of any description
will be doing nothing about housing affordability
will be doing nothing about the high unemployment levels
will be providing us with internet speeds that are the worst in the world
will continue to tighten the screws for people on welfare or income support
will still be giving billions to the mining companies
they will do nothing about the huge gap in wealth inequality (quite the opposite, they will continue to pander to the rich)
will do nothing to help the disadvantaged in our society (they will probably cut funding even further)
will continue to beat around the bush as far as same-sex marriage goes
have intentions of changing the media ownership laws which will give Murdoch even more control of our media (and they’ll probably cut funding to the ABC even further)
will continue to demonise innocent people (Gillian Triggs is a good example)
will make it more costly to see a doctor or a specialist
if economists are correct, the government will lead us into a recession
will keep ripping coal out of our beautiful country – coal that nobody wants
will make tertiary education unaffordable
will strip away our citizenship if (as a dual citizen) we do as much as destroy a government owned coffee table
will spy on our every movement
will jail anybody who dares report on atrocities committed by the government
. . . and on and on the list goes

But . . . they will keep telling us that they’ve stopped the boats and we’re safe from all those murderous would-be terrorists that did sneak through because they’re all locked up now on Nauru or Manus Island and with any luck they will either rot to death or be sent to a country with an unpronounceable name where they can perish without our knowledge.

And no matter how much misery this Coalition government casts over our own lives we will vote for them because of their asylum seekers policies.

And it’s got me beat.

theaimn.com/why-would-anybody-want-to-re-elect-this-government/

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Kat Gold Member Offline Socialism IS the answer. Posts: 17709 Everywhere and no-where Gender:	Re: Why vote for a liberal government Reply #1 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 1:04pm Conservative right-wing government is NEVER good government. Never has been, very unlikely ever TO be.
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 74702 Gender:	Re: Why vote for a liberal government Reply #2 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 1:05pm Why vote for a liberal government because
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Kat Gold Member Offline Socialism IS the answer. Posts: 17709 Everywhere and no-where Gender:	Re: Why vote for a liberal government Reply #3 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 1:07pm Australia NEEDS a centre-left socialist government, whether the rightards like it or not.
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Sir Crook Ex Member	Re: Why vote for a liberal government Reply #4 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 1:11pm Why vote to get rid of low income workers penalty rates?. If weekend penalty rates are important for you, then don't vote liberal.
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Its time Gold Member Offline Boot libs out Posts: 25639 Gender:	Re: Why vote for a liberal government Reply #5 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 1:19pm They believe one day they will be in that 1% that earn all the wealth and pay no tax
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double plus good Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5693 Gender:	Re: Why vote for a liberal government Reply #6 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 1:27pm Interesting opinion piece; I prefer Pickering.
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Re: Why vote for a liberal government
Reply #7 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 1:48pm

double plus good wrote on Nov 4^th, 2015 at 1:27pm:

Interesting opinion piece; I prefer Pickering.

I'm sure you do.

"Pickering is commonly known as a cartoonist, but he's also an inveterate liar, a bankrupt conman with a seedy history of fleecing the gullible of millions of dollars while not paying his own bills."

http://www.smh.com.au/business/larry-pickering--the-conman-stalking-gillard-2012...

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double plus good Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5693 Gender:	Re: Why vote for a liberal government Reply #8 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 1:49pm SMH prints it so it must be true!
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greggerypeccary

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Re: Why vote for a liberal government
Reply #9 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 1:56pm

"Pickering embroiled in sports bet scam"

http://www.gambleinvestigations.com/gii-media/television/115-pickering-embroiled...

"Larry Pickering is well-known for being a fraudster, scam artist and con man who’s latest scam cost people an estimated $15 million."

http://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2012/08/19/larry-pickering-who-ripped-of-15m...

"Australian cartoonist Larry Pickering now stands accused of being involved in a sports betting operation in which more than 100 investors lost their life savings."

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/larry-pickering-accused-of-being-involved-in-a-...

"Also if you Google – Larry Pickering , Harry Omeros , and Alan Davenport you can find a whole heap of information about these characters as well as the many others that are also involved.

"This is Organized Crime and corruption at the highest level , and people need to be aware and warned about what is happening on the Gold Coast in this so – called Democracy of ours."

http://aussiecriminals.com.au/scam-alert/

A low-life POS.

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double plus good Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5693 Gender:	Re: Why vote for a liberal government Reply #10 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 2:04pm Still, more honest than Shorten.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 137833 Gender:	Re: Why vote for a liberal government Reply #11 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 2:06pm double plus good wrote on Nov 4^th, 2015 at 2:04pm: Still, more honest than Shorten. Defending criminals. Charming. Not surprising, though.
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double plus good Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5693 Gender:	Re: Why vote for a liberal government Reply #12 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 2:09pm Voting for criminals. Predictable. Standard brainwashed leftard way.
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Muttley Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 483	Re: Why vote for a liberal government Reply #13 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 2:13pm The alternative is too horrendous to imagine.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 137833 Gender:	Re: Why vote for a liberal government Reply #14 - Nov 4^th, 2015 at 2:15pm double plus good wrote on Nov 4^th, 2015 at 2:09pm: Voting for criminals. That's true. You voted for one, and you like to read the verbal diarrhea from another.
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