Reply To: Representative Government

[Anonymous]

#1246

Great post, I highly recommend turning this into an article.

We have built this country on-top of what we consider the battler. Protect the weak, give the downtrodden man a helping hand etc… Now these are good virtues when applied on a personal level. However, we have made a huge mistake of lumping those worthy of our efforts in with those who are just plain scamming us.

The mentality I see in society is that money solves all problems.
We need to protect the elderly….spend more on pensions
We need to invest in children….spend more on education
We need to help the sick….Spend more on health care

Who would disagree with those reasons. Yes we need to help the elderly, the infirm and our children. But the people who most likely to shout the loudest are probably the least likely to contribute… or want to contribute. They want the businesses and the ‘rich’ (richer than them) to suffer (i.e., socialism). If anyone dare state is the money being spent correctly you will be accused of hating that group. “How dare you take money from the poor/elderly/sick/children!”. For example, mental health is the biggest loophole rort around. Patients will seek out doctors to give them the ‘right’ diagnosis so they can collect a disability centrelink payment. In one instance, I know of one case where after all the welfare payments were added up was earning around $75k/annum (they also did cash in hand work). However if you say that some people don’t deserve these payments you will be labeled anti-mental health.

….Damn, I wish we got that $7 medicare co-payment.