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From: Diogenes on 4 Dec 2008 03:29 On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 13:58:50 -0800 (PST), theo <theo(a)bekkers.com.au> wrote: >On Dec 3, 3:14�pm, Diogenes <cy...(a)society.sux.ok> wrote: >> On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 21:45:38 -0800 (PST), theo <t...(a)bekkers.com.au> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >On Dec 3, 2:12�pm, Diogenes <cy...(a)society.sux.ok> wrote: >> >> >> One year after I become Dictator of Australia, I PROMISE you the >> >> rortists woud either be digging for water or they'd have bolted >> >> overseas. � >> >> >> I have so many good ideas I can hardly wait to implement them. �:-) >> >> >I'm still voting for Zebee. >> >> >> Our very own JL would come under particular scrutiny, as would Theo. >> >> >For what? Being a working pensioner and gaining some pensioner >> >benefits? >> >I suspect next week the Gov't is gonna put $1400 in my bank acccount. >> >Wowee! >> >> Huh? �I thought you were a number cruncher. �Where did I get that idea >> from? > >Yes I am till next July. But in the meantime I've passed the age of 65 >and Centrelink called me in for a little talk. Despite my fulltime job >they insisted on giving me a Seniors Health Card, which gives me a >$500 a year 'living' subsidy, free medical at my GP, $5 scripts at the >Chemist, and now a $1400 bonus. When I retire they promise to give me >another couple of $K tax free for working past 65. Ain't they nice >people? Nice indeed. Enjoy. ....till I become Dictator of Australia that is... Onya bike... Gerry
From: Diogenes on 4 Dec 2008 03:32 On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:15:04 +1100, CrazyCam <CrazyCam(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: >Diogenes wrote: >> On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 14:02:07 -0800 (PST), theo <theo(a)bekkers.com.au> >> wrote: >> >>> On Dec 3, 9:46 pm, Diogenes <cy...(a)society.sux.ok> wrote: >>>> On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:14:04 +1100, jl <not-h...(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >>>>> What makes you think I rort the tax system Gerry ? >>>> I've shut this thread down for myslef, but in departure, let me just >>>> say that you misunderstood what I menat by rortists. to me all >>>> economists, numbercrunchers, et al who support the "free market" >>>> model of econmics are rortists. >>> Ahh, the Pol Pot solution, followed by cut and run. >>> >>> Good one Gerry. >> >> No, you misunderstand, I am more like Hitler than Pop Pot. >> >> Pop Pot just killed his victims, whereas Hitler worked them to until >> they were of no further use, and even then he utilised every part of >> their bodies, clothing etc (having already seized their assets). > > ><German accent> Meanwhile, back at the lamp shade factory...</German >accent> >> As you can tell Hitler was the better economist of the two... >> >> Hence my comment about tentrinching tools and digging for water >> back-o-Bourke... >> >> I could save this country... ;-) > >OK if that is first prize, what is second prize? Second prize is having to share a cell with John Winston Howard for twenty years, or until death does them part... Onya bike... Gerry
From: Diogenes on 4 Dec 2008 03:38 On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 15:30:22 +1000, "Capt.about_lunchtime" <cameronb(a)aapt.net.au> wrote: >> That's just one view. Not one I share. And it certainly is _not_ The >> Absolute Truth. There are many ways to do economics. You're just >> singing form the Free Market (Big Busines Bulldozer) song sheet. >> There are many other song sheets and many other songs. >There is no song that reads the majority or even a significant minority will >pay considerably more for a locally produced product of equal or lesser >quality given the opportunity. In a Democracy the tariff imposing Gov. >would be short lived. We're doomed then... Onya bike... Gerry
From: Diogenes on 4 Dec 2008 03:41 On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 21:32:10 -0800 (PST), theo <theo(a)bekkers.com.au> wrote: >On Dec 4, 8:09�am, Diogenes <cy...(a)society.sux.ok> wrote: >> On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 17:52:04 +1000, "Capt.about_lunchtime" >> >> <camer...(a)aapt.net.au> wrote: >> >> One last comment about this bit: >> >> >Eventually the wages in these third world countries rise and the cycle >> >continues, >> >> yes, but that could take decades and in the meantime cheap imports >> kill our capacity to porduce across a wide enough range, and we become >> utterly dependent on (and controlled by) The Big Boys. � > >It's a capitalist plot I tell you. You may laugh, but I think it IS a capitalist scam. >> >putting up tariff walls is a short term insular bandaid. Long term it just >> >wont work >> >> That's just one view. �Not one I share. �And it certainly is _not_ The >> Absolute Truth. �There are many ways to do economics. �You're just >> singing form the Free Market (Big Busines Bulldozer) song sheet. >> There are many other song sheets and many other songs. > >Tiptoe through the tulips? The Internationale... Onya bike... Gerry
From: Diogenes on 4 Dec 2008 03:43
On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 19:46:23 -0800 (PST), JL <jlittler(a)my-deja.com> wrote: >On Dec 4, 1:48�pm, Diogenes <cy...(a)society.sux.ok> wrote: >> You think I'm on the wrong track, I think I'm on the right track. �You >> are a capitalist pig and I am socialist scum. > >Man, how confusing, Doug thinks I'm a left wing socialist, and you >think I'm a right wing capitalist pig (isn't it normally pig dog ?). >I guess that means I probably am in the political centre as I always >suspected I would never accuse you of being "left"... Onya bike... Gerry |