this.Macbeth wrote:
Good job at missing the point john. It only mentioned the tax rates and the income gap in order to draw a comparison between how the in the U.S. and how it is in a AU. It's not judging or attempting to make any points about the U.S., it's judging OWS-AUS.
only in "The GFC gave the US economy and political system a big bloody examination. It was found wanting. The banking regulatory system, the economic basis and the political system were found to be pretty well stuffed." does it really make a judgement on the us economic system and to be frank that is the prevailing view on both sides of politics in this country. i can point you to some rather loud speeches by tony abbott if you want evidence.
you might also have objected to "Protestors in Wall Street would kill for America to be Australia – real universal health care (if any Australian party leader proposed the meagre type of health care Obama had to beg to get through Congress he or she would be saying goodbye to the next election and the one after that), excellent education system, unemployment benefits, pensions, low inflation, low unemployment, a university education that doesn't leave you destitute. We have compulsory voting that doesn't leave the lower socio-economic groups disenfranchised."
but again, these are all either statements of fact (the comment about an obamacare equivalent being political death in this country is hard, stone cold fact) or restatements of standard mainstream opinion here.
Last edited by Spark (2011-10-18 21:10:11)
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~ Richard Feynman