freediver wrote on Feb 8
th, 2019 at 8:37pm:
Jasin wrote on Feb 8
th, 2019 at 7:40pm:
freediver wrote on Feb 8
th, 2019 at 12:59pm:
It seems some people think that the only requirement to boost the economy is for the government to waste trillions of dollars of taxpayer's money on something, anything, no matter how ridiculous, so long as it stokes the imagination.
Like spending $millions on Indonesian Aid benefits and hand-me-down USA Military toys?
So what if it floods in Western QLD every 20 years. All the other years of Drought, I've sure they could be getting water from somewhere where it's flooding.
Why NOT have an 'immediate' series of Canals (Narrow and Deep: slows the evaporation rate) criss-crossing the interior? I'm sure any Farmer would like one running through his property and 'dewing' his land in the night.
My region has had substantial heavy rains at night - and yet these very shallow and sandy creeks run so quickly the water will be gone in just 1 week!
Maybe we should just keep paying the annual Farmer's Relief Packages like we do every bloody year - all in the $millions.
The Canal system could easily be as beneficial as the Artery/Vein system of the human body.
Just because Political Australians have no imagination, keep the money spent in the A.C.T and only do something if its paid for by Britain and Politically corrected by the USA.
Let's privatise Australia and sell it to the highest bidder!
Better than still fiddle-farting with twiddle-dee (NLP) and twiddle-dum (ALP) who's agenda is NOT AUSTRALIA FIRST (because Abo's still own it).
Because of the cost. The moment you ask "why not" as if the cost is not a reason, you lose all credibility. Donate your own money if you want, but don't expect taxpayers to fork out for the rest.
Free water for farmers in arid areas is not some kind of fundamental human right. 1. Who said it will be 'free' water?
2. Definitely be accessible water at least, considering before there was none - regardless of cost.
3. I think having water provision in desert/arid/drought striken regions of habitation is every right.
4. What are you white people doing here in Australia, beyond just doing exactly what they do in the UK/USA?
4(a). As if that hasn't been done already before (repeat!
)
5. Americans have been to Space, landed on the Moon, sent probes to other worlds, viewed the Universe and become the greatest Aviation nation on the planet... and Australians have done 'what' exactly?
Oh yeah - come up with words like
"Bloody and C'mon" and waved flags on Jan 26th
Real exciting stuff
6. If Australia is to become a Republic - then it needs to be far more self-sufficient and 'sustain' itself beyond depending on the UK
AND the USA like a 'Sock'.
7. And you wonder why the Aboriginals never really kicked on here for 40,000 years?
Too dry maybe?
8. Oh I'm sure if there was an outcome of Productivity that made the Riverina just 2% of what could be achieved, a jobs boom like no Mining Company could offer and finally a sense of 'worth' for the Outback that has been promoted by white people as a harsh 'waste of space' in movies - then I'm sire every Taxpayer would indeed say "Money well spent for once".
9. Excuse me for dreaming a dream that isn't British, American or Aboriginal.
10. It will happen.