OT: Current Affairs and Politics

[hindy111]

It never takes me more than half an hour to get anywhere in western Perth. But I couldn't afford this lifestyle in Sydney.

Is there that much difference?
What's a house cost there?

 

[Hollywood Jesus]

The Libs have been in charge for 21 of the last 24 years, but it's the leftists fault that real estate is expensive ?

Labor were in for 6 years: 2007-2013.

But your numbers are always bad so no one is surprised that you got that wrong.

 

[Hollywood Jesus]

So if we stop immigration we’ll be economically booming?

If we lower it (no one wants to stop it) then it will put some pressure on the labour pool, which will put pressure on wage growth. It could also release some pressure on the housing market, but suppliers could counter that by simply reducing supply, so...

And GDP growth is meaningless if the per capita GDP rate is negative. Which it is for us. Hence the immigration reduction.

 

[Hollywood Jesus]

I'm glad you asked. The reason why Toyota et al closed their doors was because it was impossible to build a competitive vehicle in this country because of labour costs etc.

So indeed the closure was inevitable. The outcry at the time was that we would have mass unemployment in the sector and closures of small to medium industries that supply parts.

Instead there was no spike and the transition was measured and successful.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/the...akers-closed-their-doors-20190613-p51xdl.html

Indeed it was a perfect case study of how workers in a redundant industry can retool and gain alternative employment. Which makes the paranoid protectionism of the coal jobs by LNP factions ridiculous.

Aaaaaaaand...it took about 5 seconds for you to turn it into a climate change rant. Well done.

 

[Gronk]

Aaaaaaaand...it took about 5 seconds for you to turn it into a climate change rant. Well done.

 

[84 Baby]

We'd be poorer but more equal. I reckon more people would be happier.

I hear what you are saying.

 

[84 Baby]

If we lower it (no one wants to stop it) then it will put some pressure on the labour pool, which will put pressure on wage growth. It could also release some pressure on the housing market, but suppliers could counter that by simply reducing supply, so...

And GDP growth is meaningless if the per capita GDP rate is negative. Which it is for us. Hence the immigration reduction.

Read the entire trail

 

[hindy111]

Labor were in for 6 years: 2007-2013.

But your numbers are always bad so no one is surprised that you got that wrong.

Shit. Post of the century. I laughed so hard I had coffee come out of my nose.

 

[Bazal]

Shit. Post of the century. I laughed so hard I had coffee come out of my nose.

Semen*

 

[Hollywood Jesus]

Coffee came out of his semen?

 

[Gary Gutful]

I had craft beer come out of my semen once, but never coffee.

 

[hindy111]

Coffee came out of his semen?

Let's be honest. Better this way then if semen come out of my coffee.....

 

[hindy111]

I had craft beer come out of my semen once, but never coffee.

You mean you had semen in your craft beer.

 

[84 Baby]

You mean you had semen in your craft beer.

“Flavour intensifiers”

 

[Bazal]

Coffee came out of his semen?

Semen of the century

 

[Poupou Escobar]

 

[Bazal]

Big Merv is definitely full of semen

 

[hindy111]

77% of our Dairy industry is now foreign owned.

 

[Twizzle]

77% of our Dairy industry is now foreign owned.

says who ? you're wasting your time without a source

 

[Gary Gutful]

says who ?

Blinky the lactose intolerant cat.