Why are people such staunch Labor voters?

[curmu-curmu]

Particularly when every Labor governement in living history has amounted such huge debts whilst in office?

Or is it just that they blindly follow the old mantra, that 'Labor is for the working man?'

Now don't get me wrong - I don't particularly like Abbott, and I sure as h3ll didn't like Rudd or Gillard, but there's so much more to a political party than it's leader.

Feel free to discuss...

[poddster]

We can but try to breathe a bit of life into an otherwise ailing  shadow of its former self.

It is increasingly more difficult due to the displays of righteous indignation and the readily available report button coupled with a lack of humour in certain areas. 😞

[myoclon1cjerk]

It's the right who do most of the button pushing.

[idlewhile]

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@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
It's the right who do most of the button pushing.

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No it isn't and you know why??? because of all the right members who are no longer on here.

So another knee jerk response without knowing the facts man, gotta get the facts.

[poddster]

Assumptions are a Leftie trait.

[iapetus_rocks]

"Wealth accumulated by the richest one percent will exceed that of the other 99 percent in 2016, the Oxfam charity said Monday, ahead of the annual meeting of the world's most powerful at Davos, Switzerland.

"The scale of global inequality is quite simply staggering and despite the issues shooting up the global agenda, the gap between the richest and the rest is widening fast," Oxfam executive director Winnie Byanyima said.

The richest one percent's share of global wealth increased from 44 percent in 2009 to 48 percent in 2014, the British charity said in a report, adding that it will be more that 50 percent in 2016.

The average wealth per adult in this group is $2.7 million (2.3 million euros), Oxfam said.

Of the remaining 52 percent, almost all -- 46 percent -- is owned by the rest of the richest fifth of the world's population, leaving the other 80 percent to share just 5.5 percent with an average wealth of $3,851 (3,330 euros) per adult, the report says."

http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-richest-1-to-own-half-of-worlds-wealth-by-2016-says-oxfam-2015-1?...

Just think about this for a moment. If the wealthy contribute the most in taxes but by definition, can afford to employ people to advise them on minimising their tax obligation, then just imagine how  wealthy they really  are.

[myoclon1cjerk]

Speaking from experience.I got the facts.

[myoclon1cjerk]

They're all doing it tough,lapetus.Paying for all our hospitals,schools,the military,the government (that part's right at least).Gotta give 'em a break.

[idlewhile]

Here we see the class war Swan unleashed on Australia when he was trying to get his failed mining tax through. It was a failure but the class war is the only thing the left now have to cling to, demonize the achievers.

Demonize the achievers, demonize anything that would help the last failed labor govt. Thanks Swannie, I'm sure the golden parachute you'll get when you finally shuffle off the public teat will be returned to the people.....said Swan never.

[nevynreally]

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@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
Speaking from experience.I got the facts.

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No. You have your reality. 

It's not real life.

[myoclon1cjerk]

Button pushing's a rightie trait.They pushed two big one's in 1914 and 1939.