... wrote on May 3^rd, 2014 at 9:51pm:


Ignorant arrogance, or a troll??

... wrote on May 3^rd, 2014 at 11:50am:


The Heartless Felon wrote on May 4^th, 2014 at 7:54am:


Anyone see a discrepancy here? First the woman is criticised because of her lack of training and the fact she hasn't the qualifications to get a better job. And maybe her kids will be no hopers too.

Then someone else says the 15 yr old and 17 yr old need to get out there and work to take care of themselves.

It's true they could look for casual work, but they would need to be careful not to do too much or have hours that were too late, because those kids need to be in school, they need to be able to get into some sort of tertiary training so they can get a decent job down the track.
Trying to enter the full time work force at 15 isn't a great idea, not any more.

I am not against a co-payment of some sort for medical visits, but for a start, I do not think it should apply for people who have health insurance.
The govt's aim is obviously to stop people using medical services for trivial matters, but one huge disincentive to getting health insurance is the fact you end up paying way more for things than anyone else.
Maybe if they could give health insurance holders some little breaks, more people might go on it and that would free up some govt money.

sherri wrote on May 4^th, 2014 at 9:13am:



you noticed that to? 

austranger wrote on May 4^th, 2014 at 8:59am:


I guess begging could be considered a hustle, but it's not a very productive one.  The best ones utilise your latent skills and interests to fill a niche.  Better still, while you can complain that "dere ain't no jawbs" nobody can say there ain't no niches to fill. 

Everyone has some sort of talent they can commoditise, even if it does only provide an occasional $50 here and there.  At least you're providing value to society, while helping yourself. 

You see fresh migrants who can't even speak english filling these sorts of niches all the time - it's only decadent westerners who can't or won't take responsiblity for their own lives, and those of their families, but that's only a relatively new development - ask your grandparents if they sat around complaining that they didn't have enough money, or whether they took action to alleviate it.

Have I overestimated my fellow citizens, yet again?

... wrote on May 4^th, 2014 at 9:47am:


      No, like many unthinking Liberal supporters you've been guilty of ignorance of the true situation, you're statement.
                Everyone has some sort of talent they can commoditise,
                   makes that clear, because as anyone in the lower levels of this society knows, that simply isn't true, quite apart from the fact that, as with jobs, there's only so many of your "niches" that can be found or filled.

             Go spend a little time in the hardship areas of any Oz city and speak with the denizens thereof, there are vast numbers of earnest hard-trying young and older people desperate for work, or a "niche" they can fill, they keep trying, to no avail. 

Gnads wrote on May 4^th, 2014 at 10:14am:


           I believe you're also asked to make a large co-payment for any claim on that insurance too, which would seem to beg the question..why, and what, are you actually paying for?   

... wrote on May 4^th, 2014 at 10:22am:


          Your still ignoring the sheer numbers involved involved, there are only so many dogs to be walked, so much scrap to be collected. Haven't you heard of the rule of diminishing returns?
         The more there are involved the less there is to be made, to paraphrase it roughly.
       Your assertion that there's an infinite number is blatantly ludicrous, nothing is infinite, especially NOT things that will return cash!
         As to this..
             But unlike you, I think ones shortcomings should be worked on and improved, rather than indulged.
       that's a ridiculous claim, you know nothing of my beliefs, or that the fact that my life has been itself a process of overcoming some severe "shortcomings", and that Ive constantly put my life where my beliefs are by volunteering in some of the most desperate and disgusting areas of Australia's need, can you claim the same?