This is frightening

[trularin]

BMK, you are charging too much. $1.50 worth?

I am sure those political people that want to take your 40 off the road, have not taken a ride with you in the 40. Perhaps if you entertain the notion that they would be less likely to take your 40 off the road if they had gotten a ride, you would offer to take the blokes for a ride.

Get all the group to take the politicians for a ride in a classic and maybe they will flip to the restore before they close the door.

How have ya been? How did you like the book?

[PCC]

Les,

Rightly or wrongly Capatilism rules the world

And USA rules capatilism.

That is why they bail out banks and mega corporations prior to offering a countrywide health system available to all.

Oh what a world it would be if money wasn't the primary comodity for trading, being replaced by some other means of comodity such as mateship (something Aussie's worship).

I'm not a socialist, but I'm sure the world would be a better place if it wasn't driven by a buck!

And I work in an environment where margin is at the top of the tree!

We as human beings are losing our real worth, that being a social animal.

Rambling.........................

[Rebel1]

Pete, I'm not a Socialist either and of course Capitalism is the way to growth and wealth. No argument from me.

What we are discussing here is the economic hypocrisy our politicians feed to us. One minute it is "The deficit is too large" and we must reduce it. (ie likening it to a debt that will one day be untenable). The next they debate whether to build the NBN on the basis that it will send the budget into deficit for the next x years.

It is this leaping from a monitarist view of balanced budgets one minute to a Keynesian view of deficit spending the next.

My point is that a budget deficit in a country with a sovereign currency should not have and does not mean a "debt" as the general public recognizes a debt as it applies to their private lives. This "fear" of a debt should not instilled into the private sector as a cause for electing one particular political party over another.

It is only at Election time that these Politicians suddenly start thinking infrastructure. ie. My party will build a fast rail link between Sydney and Canberra and the other counters with .. My party will build a rail link between Petrie and Redcliffe. Both Parties promise spending with little regard to the effect on the budget. Yet both parties were arguing the notion of a balanced budget last week or last month.

In response to Mikes view I totally agree that essential infrastructure remain in the hands of the people. If this notion is defined by some as Socialist then so be it.