longweekend58 wrote on May 13
th, 2018 at 1:08pm:
freediver wrote on May 13
th, 2018 at 12:45pm:
Quote:And you fail to take into account that there are less & less full time jobs available ... dump trucks in mining are being automated to become driverless as they are also doing to the giant Iron Ore trains in the Pilbara.
It's a one way ticket to the bottom ... the lowest common denominator.
We have been going in the same direction for several centuries, with the same doom and gloom prognosis every step of the way from people who cannot see the wood for the trees. But at the end of the day we have far higher employment rates at far higher wages.
you are spot on. Ive been hearing this doom and gloom prognosis for decades now and Australia has one of the highest standards of living, one of the best economies and is arguably the most desirable place on earth to live. We even have fabulous weather!
Maybe some of you should be a bit more grateful that you live int he worlds best country.
And just maybe you & freediver could stop trying to gloss over the fact ..... that figures hide the true rate of unemployment in this country.
They also make out that jobs that are only a few hours a week are full time jobs/employment.
Why do we have such high youth unemployment?
Why have the LNP reduced funding for apprenticeship programs?
If everything is so rosey why do we have such high national debt?
Why in this latest budget have they cut millions/billions from education, health & services?
Why are they(Libs) wanting to increase the pension eligibility age to 70 ... thus denying our youth the opportunity to find employment?
We could indeed still be the lucky country .... but because the rest of the world is in such a chaotic it doesn't mean we are not travelling down the same path.