Originally Posted by
frogfuzz
Timmi - yes you cansay some of Katter's policies are mad. But so are some of that of the majorparties. Making our companies "compete" on the "level playing field" is just crap. What level playing field? Either we all accept aminimum wage equivalent to that of China or we protect our industries. And before anyone bags me for this statement - how much of what you are using,wearing, own, drive is now made in China /Asia whereas once upon a time it was made in Australia. This country should be near self-sufficient. We now import food and industry and export jobs. Both parties/coalitions have been responsible for this.
The Reserve Bank should NOT be independent of the Government. Why is that such a mad idea? I believe the US Constitution says that its Treasury should control the money; not their Reserve Bank – a private organisation. Yet their Reserve Bank, as ours, effectively now prints the money. Last man who tried to stop it in the US was Kennedy. Wiser men than you and I could see that whoever controls the money controls the people. This SHOULD NOT be left to a bunch of unelected private business people and multinational corporates. If you don't think this happens in Australia - lookat who makes up the Reserve Bank Board. They are not elected representatives. As I said - the old adage of ‘whoever controls the money - controls the people’is so true. The Reserve Bank is far more powerful than the elected government. Do you really think they care about the voters?? Why would they? At the end ofthe day it’s the corporations who pay their huge wages who they have at heart. Both parties stack the RB with their cronies. Wayne Swan got rid of one of Howard’s just the other week and replaced it with an ALP friendly one. So who manipulates the RB then? Just the mad Katter? I think not. If you think the RBis independent you are gullible.
Both parties have protected and interfered with Retail and Merchant Banking. Super is just a big con on gullible workers. It’s there to make the banks rich, not stupid people who couldn’t be bothered saving fortheir retirement. I can guarantee that, in general, chances are the banks have made more off your compulsory super in the last 5 years than you have. If I had my 9%, it would be going to pay off my mortgage. But hey – that would mean the banks make less money out of me. Difference with Katter is that he is not slick in how he sells his ideas like the big two. The ETS – supported by both parties; again will only make the big end of town, mostly bankers rich. MalcolmT supports a Carbon tax so his merchant banking mates along with himself will get rich from the trading; same with Joe Hockey whose wife is right up in banking circles also. These are both senior Liberals; so please don’t tell me that the Lib’s don’t support whacky and corrupt ideas when they can make money at the expense of the voters, even when the scheme is as socialist as the Carbon Tax/ ETS.
People here talk about socialists - what is the difference between the ALP & LNP these days? Both are socialists, but to varying degrees. Nothing wrong with some socialism, as is nothing wrong with some capitalism. There needs to be balance. And yes - both parties DO sway towards the Green vote. Howard did it with the GBRMP and his proposed Carbon Trading Scheme. The ALP is red through and through.
You need a balance, and I think that a middle road party like the Aus Party will help bring that. I'd trust a country person over a cityslicker any day - IMHO. Who would you rather control balance of power? The Greens or the Aust Party?
How can anyone say the LNP is "right" or"Conservative"? Their own leader supports loopy Green ideals (which are economically unviable without taxpayer funded support = socialist) and things that destroy traditional family; eg Gay Marraige. Conservative? I think not. So if “Can Do” is not conservative, what then of his fishing policies? Howcan we trust him? His voter base supports all those Leftard ideas (or else why would he be so passionate about them?), so why wouldn't he be pressured to support loopy restrictions on rec fishing? Yes the LNP will be much much better than the rotten ALP. But I would like to see them tempered by the Aus Party.After all, it WAS Howard (and I liked the guy) who brought in the GBRMP which hurt local communities outside of SE QLD. It was the Nat/Lib's who also have their own proposed ETS in 2007.
As for Ethanol based fuels - I think that was also LNP policy; have they changed their tune on this?
At the end of the day we need a balanced parliament. Not one that is "left" or "right", pure capitalist or pure socialist/ communist. At the moment the only balance we have is the Green/Watermelons; who are not balanced at all.
If Katter was a red as some here say, I don't think he wouldlast two seconds in his electorate. Yes some policies of his are agrarian socialist. But why shouldn't they be? We ask our farmers (and industry) to"compete" with countries that effectively cheat. It's important that we have farmers and industry (where would we have been in WW2 if we had no industry? As it is, we will soon be importing all our ammunition soon; this includes the military, as we soon will no longer have the capacity to make it here. Same goes for our heavy industry. What then for our future economy and security?). What will we have left for our kids after we've 'dug it all up'?Shall we export our kids to China to work as slaves then?
Fair dinkim guys - tinnies are now being imported from Chinaas are surfboards. How many good Aussie lure firms now are forced to manufacture their product in China? Does China compete fairly? Does the EU? Orthe USA? NO. The Chinese fix their currency (akka Reserve Bank) and pay their workers stuff all. Who has all the money in the world? Us smarty pants Westerners who have "independent" Reserve Banks and the like? Or China? Well guess what - it's China. And the way we are going they will own my kids and my grandkids. What have the two major parties done to stop this?Answer: NOTHING. In fact they have helped it along, to the point that China isnow buying our mines (so much for 'dig it up and sell it') and our farms. And please don't tell me that other countries do the same because they don't. Foreign Multi National Firms may be buying up our assets (and yes we need foreign investment – I studied it during my economics major), difference is,they are not backed up by the world's most powerful army controlled by a dictatorship. And if it hasn't occurred to those of you who support the big end of politics; as brilliant as our army is, they'd be flat out defending Moreton Island for a week, and the Yanks would do squat to help us (after all China owns them too and they are broke).
I'll get off my soap box (well, I'll try); but answer me this:
The ALP has sold their soul to the Watermelon Greens. No guesses what they will continue to do with rec fishing if they win. Their promises are as good as "no Carbon Tax / Gay Marraige in the Gov't I lead"
The LNP is courting the inner city vote, especially after losing two very winnable elections. Why can / should we trust the LNP to support Rec Fishing? Especially when they were oh so quiet when Howard brought in the Great Barrier Marine Park Zones which really hurt non SE QLD coastal residents. The state LNP has also been quiet on the ETS. Fact is we need someone to balance the mongrels out. At least with Katter, you know far morewhat you will get, than what you will with some of the more two faced major parties out there (and this includes the Greens, the most hypocritical of them all).
So my question is: how will the LNP balance their Leftard policies/ voters with Rec Fishing? And how can we trust them? At least if Katter says something, and then goes against it – his electorate would skin him alive.