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THE VIRUS 2020 - the good, the bad, and the ugly

It's a pyramid scheme, you put more people into the economy, the economy grows. The total economy looks good on paper. Yet the GDP per captia is going down. The quality of life is going down, but we're not meant to notice this. Without addressing it, the only solution is keep pumping more and more people into the economy.

"We need immigrants to pay for the aging population"
Well, they get older to, so then you need more and more. It's not a sustainable economic policy.

I don't have it on me, but apparently the economic figures do show that while the economy grows, the net cost to the economy is more than is contributed. People just cherry-pick the numbers they want. They don't account for infrastructure, health care, pensions, welfare, education and so on.

What always puzzles me is why the aim isn't for a nice lean Australia, it will help with global warming and protecting the environment. A small sustainable population, which is clean and green with a good quality of life should be the aim. Not bringing in more people to buy shit from Gerry Harvey so rich people like his wealth grows, while everyone else's goes down.
That's the key! The politicians keep emphasizing the trade deficits and trade surpluses yet the GDP per capita is hardly ever mentioned. A 'small' economy is called a weak economy and mass exports will strengthen our economy and prestige on the world stage. Regrettably, as a nation we have never learned to place the emphasis on manufacture for at least a degree of self-sufficiency and now we're dependent on manufactured imports just to be able to survive... or so it seems.

I like blaming politicians for our fate as much as the next guy. This blame game is a dead-end street though. In the end, WE are the ones who decide what is imported, quantity, quality and what type of silly gadgets, just as WE are ultimately responsible for the election of those very politicians whom we like to tear to pieces at every opportunity.

"Man needs so little..." Gandhi once said. When I read this as a child, I had no idea how profound those words were.
We do indeed need much less than we consume, everybody who has tried it even in a small way will attest to that. All pollution problems are caused by over-consumption.

We have enough people to power well functioning manufacturing and agricultural sectors, the most important components for any healthy nation and the absolute necessity for the individual's quality of life.
 
I am so bored, can't work much at all as everything is closed in my profession

So, I begin an online tracing course tomorrow.
May as well
Get a new skill, hopefully I will get some work at home, I will volunteer if I get skilled
Courses are available here at ANU, and OS at John Hopkins, plan on doing both

Should be interesting

Anyone else needing intellectual stimulation, I am used to working intensely, solving problems
 
Peta Credlin not hosting Credlin tonight. Chris Smith filling in. I think Rita Panahi filled in on Friday.
 
Do you agree, disagree with Rita?

Rita Panahi at 5:25: "Dan Andrews has got plenty of fans amongst the media's pack and you know that very well. Quite a few in the media pack are in the Dan cult and get very upset if you are criticising."

 
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Do you agree, disagree with Rita?

Rita Panahi at 5:25: "Dan Andrews has got plenty of fans amongst the media's pack and you know that very well. Quite a few in the media pack are in the Dan cult and get very upset if you are criticising."


Agree
 
Hi went shopping today and it would have to be the most empty I have ever seen the car park since the start of this pandemic earlier this year. Now that all the retailers have closed it really felt like a ghost car park. It's that sort of empty that you can actually almost park your car right at the closest spot right near the main doors now at any time of day.

Goes to show you how many people did work and visit all those retailers now. Thankfully the supermarkets today looked like they were fully stocked with all items available and not many product limits at all.
 
Fun fact: Al Jazeera is banned in India for spreading Hinduphobia.

Of course they want to 'bring the media under control' - what's so surprising about that? I guess most people still haven't woken up to the fact that Muslims and Socialists are in bed together.
 
No wonder they're trying to deflect the blame to Dan the man!

Confused by this post. Deflect blame for what?

I think all blame should go to the root of the cause (hotel quarantine) rather than to sub divisions (e.g. Cedar Meats, Aged Care, etc).
 
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