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@chameleon54wrote:
@tezza2844wrote:Sorry about my last "post". What a time for a power out, but,
@ Cham wrote:
As for me not liking the Labor party. That is a bit of a generalisation. I have said on many occasions on these forums that I view politics as a pendulum. Labor introduce expensive, but needed social policies, blow the budget, but restore some humanity to Australias social policy. The liberals eventually get elected, restore some financial prudence to the budget bottom line,
Yes I know , it's all Labors fault
Nice to see we finally agree on something Tezza.....
Do you mean the Coalitions massive build up of debt. and inability to manage the Budget or their new Mantra to hide their incompetence
@davidc4430wrote:
@chameleon54wrote:
@davidc4430wrote:there is a part of me that hope the libs win this time, just so we can see them stuff it up again.
mr marshall gives me no hope for the future in his speeches, hes promising under him all will sunshine and wine.
no tax hikes, no new taxes, no cuts, but there will be more spending and surpluses.
when asked how he will do these things he just says by better managment, yeah right.
if he wins, i give it about a month and it'll be 'oh boy, the state coffers are much worse than we thought. we wont be able to do the things we wanted to, but its labors fault'
i'm really sorry but we must cut spending, slash jobs, raise taxes.
and the people who voted him in will be the first to complain
After 16 years of Labor government in S.A we regularly top the nation for unemployment figures, have some of the highest power prices in the world contributing to a collapse in our manufacturing industries and a crumbling road system that is going to cost a squillion to repair. A massively bloated public service ( nearly 30 % larger than all other states ) that is going to be very difficult to trim, the most stagnent population growth in the country, the fastest aging population in the country as our best & brightest leave for a better future interstate and a total reliance on charity from the other states to keep the piggy bank going through preferential GST redistributions. This major source of revenue that has been bailing us out may dry up soon if other states get their way and there is no way new industries will come to SA when it has the highest business taxation rates in the country and we cant even keep the lights on !!!
PERHAPS THE LIBS WOULD SECRETLY PREFER TO LOOSE THE NEXT ELECTION AS THE STATE IS AN ABSOLUTE BASKET CASE......
i cant disagree with much of what you say.
but i hear lots of reasons why we are in the state we are, yep, we were a state that relied a lot on our manufacturing sector that is all but gone now.
our mining is not what it once was, new mining that was on the drawing board has been shelved as the stuff to be mined is no longer a viable seller.
i wonder just what is here to offer any big business to come here?
just lowering a tax wont do it.
we have a big state with little to offer, you cant just blame labor for holdens shutting shop.
most of the big manufactorers that are no longer here did a holden, shifted off shore!
yes we have a very large public service sector, because this state is the cheapest to live in if your poor. so therefore we have more people serving the poor.
please point to what this state has to offer anyone to come here?
what new inovative future money spinner is there, to bring a company here to employ thousands?
thats why i say, vote mr marshall in by all means but dont kid yourself 1, that he will do the things he promises and 2 that in 4 years time we will be any better off than now.
yes, give him a go. please, and prove me wrong.
Very thoughtful post David and I agree with most of what you say. To be honest I dont think it matters who gets in at the next election it is going to be fairly tough going and I,m under no illusions that Marshall & the Libs can do much to improve the situation. Unfortunately after 16 years in opposition the SA Liberal party are a fairly insipid bunch and while I was a strong supporter of Xenephon at Federal level, he is not going to be much help as a state coatition partner as he cant be across the full policy spectrum and his candidates are a fairly inexperienced bunch.
@chameleon54wrote:After 16 years of Labor government in S.A we regularly top the nation for unemployment figures, have some of the highest power prices in the world contributing to a collapse in our manufacturing industries and a crumbling road system that is going to cost a squillion to repair. A massively bloated public service ( nearly 30 % larger than all other states ) that is going to be very difficult to trim, the most stagnent population growth in the country, the fastest aging population in the country as our best & brightest leave for a better future interstate and a total reliance on charity from the other states to keep the piggy bank going through preferential GST redistributions. This major source of revenue that has been bailing us out may dry up soon if other states get their way and there is no way new industries will come to SA when it has the highest business taxation rates in the country and we cant even keep the lights on !!!
Although this graph is a bit old it supports your statement about prices, but note that the two states with the highest costs are states that have privatized their electricity supply, by Liberal Conservative Governments
