mozzaok wrote on Aug 7
th, 2012 at 1:13pm:
Firstly I want to agree with Andrei, the abuse and level of sensible debate are in inverse proportion, and when one goes up, the other invariably goes down.
Mad mel is a serial loon, we have unfortunately seen morph through so many ID's that any idiotic ultra right foolishness is assumed to be her in a new guise, but as we know from listening to talkback radio, she is not the only nut in the packet, so sounding like mad mel does not prove it is mad mel, so better to stop assuming, and just address the issues.
The issue I think this thread highlights for me is that whilst the media is still firmly backing the coalition, and slagging Labor incessantly still, the actions of the Liberal State Govenments is reminding people what the Libs deliver in power.
Attacks on Health and Education services is always where they start, and the closing of Swinburne University Campuses in Lilydale, and Prahran, with the loss of initially 500 teachers jobs, with more to follow next year is exactly what will be echoed across the whole country, under an Abbott Government.
Running down services and infrastructure, and overseeing the lowering of standards across the whole education system will be the inevitable result, with the attached social degradation that goes hand in hand with less youth engagement in education.
Now while some won't care, the fact is that those five hundred folks losing their jobs have friends and families, and many were coalition supporters, but witnessing this education vandalism has many questioning if they could continue to support a party who destroys education opportunity for our future.
That type of reaction will be repeated as these right wing governments continue to remind people what Liberal Parties deliver, and so I think the longer it is before the Federal Election, the less people will fall at Abbotts feet, despite the best efforts of the media to portray Labor as an unsupportable option.
I still think he will win easily, but not QLD style, because down south we do not have the same lemming mentality going.
Perhaps these Liberal governments want to try something completely unknown in labor circles - living with your means. All of these Liberal govts are faced with truly massive debt problems and unlike Labor, takes these things seriously. What I find amazing is if you try and engage a labor supporter into the 'balanced budget' debate, all they do is run and hide or refer to Howard. How about a little reality and facing up to the truth of proper balanced budgets. Or would you rather massive increases in taxes?
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