Jan 1st 2013, 5:21:29
I agree 100% that spending is this issue. However the second that the government makes cuts you get people stepping up complaining about it and calling the government every name under the sun. You can't have a larger portion of your population who are lazy and rather then working for their own benefits they put there hand out and expect the government to pay for them. Then cry when the government makes spending cuts.
I think social benefits and unemployment benefits need a reform. There should be a time limit that people get unemployment benefits before they are either forced into training or do not get any benefit. Obviously disabilities, injured, and seniors are the exemptions. Single parents once kids are at school age need to get employment. Small businesses are the back bone to any economy and if you talk to them they are crying for people who ACTUALLY WANT TO WORK. The media promotes to society that lets all just live a party life and expect everything to be given to us, kids grow up not wanting to work, or take some jobs cause it 'aint cool to their friends'.
Government needs to make cuts, just make them and live with it. The problem is that the people in government don't LIVE with the effects of the decisions they make so there is no 1st world impact on them personally. Obama can raise tax, lower tax, do this do that and he feels nothing. In Australia here, we were crying about government wasted, so the new government party was voted in here in Qld, then we whinge when they make the tough calls and make cuts. Stupidity. People need to educate themselves and be prepared to work for what they want instead of hand outs.
Qld government just saked 17,000 government staff over here and nothing has changed in terms of service levels. My question is what the fluff where they doing before hand????
Government accountability, and a real democracy where the people make the decisions is best.