Alan Moran has a piece on The Drum the ABC website. I do happen to agree with Alan’s points; they seem almost hardly worth saying since they should be so obvious. How controversial is any of this which is his concluding paragraph:
Australia has the highest levels of natural wealth per capita in the world. This can be translated into achieving the world’s highest living standards. We were progressing towards this until the process was halted by government intervention and impositions on business that were introduced or foreshadowed over the past three years. We can restore the process by recommitting to a reform program that involves taking measures to enhance rather than retard productivity growth.
Well, I don’t really draw you attention to the article itself, but reading the comments that follow afterwards is an education in itself. There are so many amongst these to choose from, but I think this was my favourite:
“No coal-fired power stations can pass an investment test while the threat of a tax on their emissions is an ever-present risk to their future profitability”
Er, i think that is kind of the point.
And following that, I cannot think of a single thing to say.
Yes, it’s so true and a great observation by Alan. the sad thing is that a large mass of people simply don’t understand just how damn lucky we actually are.
Australian citizenship is quite possibly the greatest gift that can be offered to someone.
If you are short of time skip alan’s piece (good though it is) and read the comments – best fun you’ll have all week
How about this comment from someone whose not really into exchanging ideas at all. Great screen name too!
Those comments are truly scary, considering the commenters are required to vote.
They’re magnificent comments when you think about it.
Prove to me that growth is always a worthy aim
This basically translates as: prove that being rich is better than being poor. Where the hell do you start with such idiocy? Square one I guess.
any evidence to support this statement?
Curiously some of our miners, like Xstrata, export profits leaving us with a hole in the ground and a bill for infrastructure.
LOL, the person in that article’s comments does seem to realise the Government plans on flogging off the NBN to try and recoup the money.