Banging on and on about rights.......

[poddster]

......under what "right" are people paid to exist without doing anything for their payment.?

Is it just because they exist?

[myoclon1cjerk]

Or try this poddster.Australian companies felt no need to improve their products and productivity due to protectionism (tariffs etc) during the Menzies regime.
Wages at the bottom weren't that high.However the gap between the top and the bottom was much narower.
As far as unions go,since the Hawke/Keating era,the unions have been more than reasonable and they don't have the clout they used to.Hawke was elected 32 years ago,by the way.

[softail-joanie]

these rights?-

1st- Protects the freedom of religion, speech, and the press, as well as the right to assemble and petition the government -1791

2ed- Protects the right to bear arms - 1791

3ed- Prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers out of war time - 1791

4th- Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause - 1791

5th- Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy - 1791

6th- Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be notified of the accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel - 1791

7th- Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law - 1791

8th- Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment - 1791

9th- Asserts the existence of unenumerated rights retained by the people - 1791

10th- Limits the powers of the federal government to those delegated to it by the Constitution - 1791

those rights?

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

No, Joanie...........those rights are American rights, not Australian rights...........why is that so hard for you to understand..........and don't give me any horse pucky about them being "God=given" rights, 'cause Jesus never advocated owning an AR-15.

[softail-joanie]

i don't understand

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

That's really unfortunate, 'cause my 3rd-grade nephew does understand..........

[myoclon1cjerk]

Looks like they forgot some of those rights at Guantanamo

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

POWs are not imbued with the same rights as citizens.

[myoclon1cjerk]

What a shame

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/world/most-guantanamo-detainees-are-innocent-ex-bush-official-1.804550

[colic2bullsgirlore]

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@poddster wrote:

......under what "right" are people paid to exist without doing anything for their payment.?

Is it just because they exist?

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I commend to you this portent.....comrade

http://www.glennmurray.com.au/think-your-tax-supports-dole-bludgers-think-again/

"The top 40% only earn a lot because society allows them to earn it.

It’s not their God-given right to accumulate wealth; society allows them to accumulate it.

Capitalism isn’t a natural state, it’s a social construct.

A system of rules condoned by society. If this system stops working for society, society will simply install another system."

OR to put it another way WATCH WHAT YOU WISH FOR... AND......REMEMBER THE GENIE JOKES

A guy was in a cave, looking for treasure. He found an old lamp, rubbed it, and a genie came out. The genie said "I will grant you three wishes, but your ex-wife will get double." The man agreed, and said "I wish I had a mansion." The genie granted it, and his ex-wife got two mansions. The man said "I would like a million dollars." The genie again granted it and his ex-wife got two million dollars. Then the man said, "Scare me half to death."

[colic2bullsgirlore]

I like Glenn it appears on many subjects we think alike

"1) Why point the finger only at the unemployed, pensioners and disability pensioners?

What about the corporate and white collar welfare recipients and tax cheats?

Like the 83% foreign-owned mining industry that gets $4.5b/year in tax handouts.

Like Westfield, Apple and Google, that pay almost no tax here, despite making huge profits here.

Like the banks that tax havens to conceal income.

Like these 45 multi-millionaires who paid absolutely no tax.

Our government’s doing nothing about these things, and in fact, has made life easier for them.

It’s abolished the National Steering Committee on Corporate Wrongdoing that made sure the law was effectively enforced on corporate criminals.

It’s introduced an amnesty for mega-rich tax cheats, so they don’t have to pay their fair share, and they don’t go to jail.

And it’s increased the amount of interest that companies can claim tax deductions on when they borrow money f....