The only problem is that you cannot appease everyone all the time.Originally Posted by kup
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The only problem is that you cannot appease everyone all the time.
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No you can't but you have to try to act on your vision of what is best for the nation. If you try to please everyone, you will never get anything done and you will not be an effective leader and the people would end up hating you more for it.
'Please everyone' politics is a fallacy to begin with.
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It gets tricky though as what is best for the nation isn't necessarily the best for everyone or even the majority. Plenty of issues arise with a utilitarian regime too. It is a balancing act no doubt.
let's just overhaul the whole system and appoint a benevolent dictator! That would get things done.
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No idea what I'd call the party but I know what I would do.
-Increase tax for the rich while give tax breaks to the poor.
-Replace the mess that is the current NBN with a minimum of a gigabit network using either fiber or fixed wireless with no bandwidth caps. (wireless is depended on the technology proving itself, but since Google Fiber is switching from fiber rollout to gigabit wireless it may well be ready)
-Set a national science policy
-Invest heavily in public schools with an emphasis on STEM subjects.
-Invest in the public health system
-Increase wages of public school teachers and public hospital nurses.
-Invest in Universities and the CSIRO to research and create new technologies to make Australia a leading exporter of intellectual property.
-Replace fossil fuel power plants with solar and wind power plants.
-Set a framework for self driving vehicles to be tested and eventually implemented on roads.
-Do not make fossil fuel burning vehicles illegal, but make them pay for damage they are doing to the environment therefore making electric and hydrogen vehicles a cheaper option.
-Enact laws on immigration and jobs similar to Canada's strict rules on the subject.
-Bring Australian IP laws into line with other western nations and allow for Fair Use.
I'm guessing that would make my party the STEM Party or something like that.
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All fantastic ideas but how would the government afford all of that? Increasing taxes on the rich would cover nowhere near all of that.
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A: I don't think we are meant to debate others ideas.
B: It's almost all long term stuff that will cost big money, yes the big budget items cost a lot in the short term but if it works it will bring in money long term. If the Australian government and Australian business comes up with more patentable ideas like Wifi (which was invented by the CSIRO and brought in around half a billion dollars) then it will bring money into the country. Australia can't export physical goods to make money anymore, it needs an IP (intellectual property) based economy. To do that you need to educate the young, which means you need better schools, universities and internet. You also need to ditch fossil fuels because it's been scientifically proven that living near a coal fired power plant (and likely other carbon producing things like cars) both impacts physical health and intelligence, not to mention it causes climate change. Also solar and wind energy is cheaper than coal so it solves the issue of rising power cost.
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A party that will stick its neck out for the best ideas and NOT just ones to help it get re-elected.
A party that will not sabotage or rebrand good ideas just because another party thought of it.
A party that will answer (not avoid) questions put to it clearly without padding or bad mouthing others.
A party that is transparent about donations and anything attempting to influence it.
I will call this political force.. 'A Party! (that will never exist)'
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