cods wrote on May 22
nd, 2019 at 5:51pm:
why not... hes only doing what everyone else does and have been for donkeys years
ask Mrs Hawke how bob spent his pension hes lived to 89 I believe Whitlam even lasted longer...
I dont recall anyone complaining about their pensions...
good on Tony.. did he break any laws.....did he rob anyone of the penalty rates?????
I did (complain)
and still do
The old idea was to recompense professionals who surrendered their real life and often lucrative careers to serve the nation
but those days are gone and politicians now impress most as being opportunists who would have been close to unemployable in the real world
who'd employ hysterical Rudd or thieving Gillard, drunken Hawke, whining Howard, supercilious Whitlam, useless McMahon, etc. ?
politics IS their career. And in the case of most, their first dreeeeem was to be on the stage in some capacity or other. In other words, what we have and have had for decades is a gang of corrupt failed thespians. They realised they were too untalented and ugly to make it in show business, so they opted for politics, which would provide them the attention, exposure, power, fame and money their black hearts desired from primary school
Keating was a failed department store salesman after a couple of weeks. Couldn't bear to be told. Refused to recognise his insignificance. Was described as 'arrogant' --- at age 14 ! The Bankstown boy from the fibro house with delusions of grandeur
If Keating had stayed in retail, he would have been on the dole by age 16, but look at him now -- able to satisfy his materialistic, narcissistic cravings at the top end of town. All thanks to grubby politics
Borbidge in Queensland was another who jumped on the politics gravy train as a teen. Great in opposition, like Tony. But when he finally reached the pinnacle, premier of Qld, he was a dead loss and the people got rid of him quick smart
Abbott, a wannabe lifelong. Authoritarian leanings. Punched walls. Bullied women. Failed at the seminary. Failed as a journalist. Succeeded as a LNP hit-man. Got the top job and he believed he was there for life -- it went right to his stupid head. Credlin covered for him but the truth couldn't be hidden for long and he was dumped. Now we have to pay him and the other political scum for life
I wish them a brief existence in the interests of the taxpayers' pockets