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Thread: self funded retirees
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28th May 2010, 10:21 AM #61
Yep thats all so true and something my father taught me when I was about 7 years old.
Now if we have known and learnt the lessons well since the crash of the Great Depression would you agree and by reading what you have stated there should be less risk.
Well it doesn't happen because White Collar crooks don't get caught and we let them use such things as Waiver's be their get out of jail card.
As I said the people we hand our hard earned $$$ to are supposed to be the trained ones at what point do you not see they have to be held accountable, same as a mechanic who says your car is in tip top condition, you drive it away to find it has no breaks. Here we have laws to bring him to court. We see tradies being brought before the courts on lesser matters and fined, loss of licence etc.
So your saying all these people have to accept that bad things happen , its part of life get over it you chose that tradie.
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28th May 2010, 10:30 AM #62
WoW and on top of that we have more Politicians we have to keep and more government employee's who retire at younger ages on full pensions which are paid for by consumers which use the companies such as Telstra where the government invest to help pay for these pensions who might just go down the gurgler.
Hum Paul Keating Bob Hawk mid to late 1980's crash, high interest, loss of many people pensions.
The big move to bring in mandatory self funded pensions. Government pensions were cut back as to many were sitting back enjoying a weeks wage for doing nothing.
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29th May 2010, 12:25 AM #63
'Rant on'
Well at the end of the day 'the people' deserve the Govt they get.This concept of changing Govt cos they have been in too long needs to be looked at. We should only change if they are stuffing up.
But the problem is more fundamental than that. We in the western world have been choosing our leaders for at least the last 150years by a criteria that has got us where we are today.
There was a time when we chose leaders by their integrity and content of character. But we moved away from this to using Charisma as a yard stick. They have foisted upon us the locked down two party system.That prevents good men, if they have any, from doing whats right at the time and what best for the country.
'rant off'Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. — Pablo Picasso