Tasmania – a province of Victoria?

[nero_bolt]

Tasmania's economy is a green labor basket case and the state is bankrupt and dependent on wealfare from the rest of Australia to survive. 

An interesting article thats actually true about Tasmania  written by David Leyonhjelm

Having once lived there, I know Tasmania is a pleasant place to live. But so is Greece. And if Tasmania was an independent country, it would be in more trouble than Greece.

There was quite a lot of discussion about this in 2013. A good summary came in an article by Jonathan West, director of the Australian Innovation Research Centre and a resident of Tasmania, who described the state as follow: “Tasmania ranks at the bottom among Australian states on virtually every dimension of economic, social, and cultural performance

• highest unemployment,
• lowest incomes,
• languishing investment,
• lowest home prices,
• least educated,
• lowest literacy,
• most chronic disease,
• poorest longevity,
• most likely to smoke,
• greatest obesity,
• highest teenage pregnancy,
• highest petty crime,
• worst domestic violence

Tasmania is also a mendicant state, highly reliant on the rest of the country. It generates about a third of its state budget, the rest being GST allocations and specific purpose payments from the commonwealth.

GST and income tax originating within the state fall well short of what it receives, meaning the government effectively receives welfare from the rest of the country.

When the NSW economy goes into recession, one of the consequences is less money for Tasmania.

This is on top of the higher proportions of welfare that Tasmanian individuals receive

The rest of the interesting article can be read here and its a very good read...... http://catallaxyfiles.com/2014/03/07/david-leyonhjelm-tasmania-a-province-of-victoria/ 

So should Tasmania become a province of Victoria? 

That is if Victoraia would want a  green/labor bankrupt basket case that is Tasmania as part of it

[amber-eyed-girl]

No. I had a bit of an accident. smashed my hand, never the same after that.

but I do still hear the gossip 🙂

so I won't be buying Tasmania. Pity, nice beach.

[poddster]

😞 

Do you still pick up the Stradivarius just for your own pleasure?

[amber-eyed-girl]

I borrow the odd special violin when there are friends in town, yes...that is a pleasure but also not, you know. It is difficult. I think maybe I should have stayed with it in the first violins...could have managed that after a while..but then I think, a control freak could not have done that 😉

it can also be hard listening to performances, I can be a harsh critic

[poddster]

Probably just as well then, you may have fallen into the category under discussion.

[amber-eyed-girl]

I am always diplomatic though, Poddster, and it does also mean I get a lot of pleasure out of the good performances 🙂

"my" celebrity was out a couple of years ago...first night, shocking, not his fault quite so much, the orchestra let him down, but then he just thought stuff it. Not professional.

then I went to say hi. He didn't like that much. The next night, a triumph...the orchestra had been made aware of things too 🙂

[poddster]

There was another lead violinist I knew who was short and very slim and his hobby was driving hid D9 Caterpillar bulldozer on his property and sculpting terrain to suit his liking. He also did all the mechanical repairs if they needed to be done on Catti, that was the bulldozer's name.

[amber-eyed-girl]

awww that's kind of cute. But peculiar. Like most at the top.

mine wasn't that tall, but wasn't used to doing anything for himself. Again, if you are brought up with never a no, that is not entirely one's own fault.

he'd like Tasmania.

[poddster]

That problen is very evident with sole children, no sibling rivalry. And doteing parents. Blah !!

[amber-eyed-girl]

He is an only child. Me too. He is Russian. I am not. Therein lies a bit of difference, I think.

he thought I was Russian, I have a Russian name, and I could understand what he was saying "privately"...ha ha haaa haaa that was very funny...

[poddster]

Some Russians can be a bit overbearing, a very passionate race of people.

But there are exceptions to every rule,

I love Russian music:)