To put some icing on the cake, the government will gladly allow this sort of thing to happen and be heavily debated in the press because it draws attention away from them while they stick the knife in and sell us all down the river, no matter what country you come from.
The saddest thing though, is we can talk about right and wrong until the server dies but in all honesty, the politicians don't care one bit about the people they represent so nothing will ever change. They simply use the people until they have no more to offer then they phase them out or blatently throw them on the scrap heap to make room for the next group of chumps they'll feed to their corporate overseers.
There is never talk about removing the root causes of problems, only of the business it generates when a project is taken on and the fiscal benefits which are available to those vying for the contracts:
1. Smoking is a problem? Control the sale of tobacco stronger, introduce proper penalties for those breaking the rules and stick by it or here's a suggestion: BAN IT ALTOGETHER.
2. Alcohol abuse is a problem? Control the sale of alcohol stronger, introduce proper penalties for those breaking the rules and stick by it.
3. Teenage pregnancy and parenthood a problem? Stop paying them to be breeders and force them to work for their handout.
Let the population fight amongst themselves about pollution, poverty, healthcare, tax, guns, you name it... As long as that is occurring, the people will never unite enough to stand up against 'the man' and that is exactly how they want it. The 'GFC' as it has been labelled, did not need to happen, could have been prevented and most certainly should not have resulted the way it did: Poor people lost everything and the companies went on to post record profits anyway.
Corporations and Capitalism have potential to be positive things but only if they're policed and regulated strictly, as soon as there is room for individuals to move against one and other the 'playing field' so to speak gets reduced to one side just taking what it wants from the other side.
I remember seeing a writeup of the Skull & Crossbones Secret Society, the supposed NWO and what they plan for 'us' normal people, i laughed my head off because *they* wouldn't need to set up a New World Order when *they* already have all what *they* could ever want if there is a single grain of truth to it.
My take is that there isn't an NWO so to speak, instead we are just cattle to be bred and farmed by our governments. If the population doesn't have enough 'skilled' workers in a field, open the doors to migrants and increase the base population as a bonus...
The population isn't breeding enough for their projected figures on population growth? Pay them to breed more, give the uneducated and poverty stricken a carrot to encourage them to breed because after all, the labouring workforce is aging alongside the white collar worker and there will always be a need for 'low-end' human beings to service our 'better' masters.
They all suck and they do a terrible job, if their pay was based on their performance, they would be broker than a dole-bludger the day before his handout. I don't really agree with much Alan Jones says (probably why i try not to listen to his radio show) but there is one thing that sticks out in my mind that i did agree with:
"Politicians in the top job aren't payed enough. The position is a lonely one, everybody around them is either trying to curry favour or orchestrate their downfall and the buck stops with them. They are expected to keep their portfolio in good shape and they really do have a lot expected of them overall so they should deserve more pay for doing this job.
Having said that though, if we do pay the people at the top more, it should come with the condition that if they do not perform (ie: they don't do a good job at the top) then they should not be payed the high rate because they simply did not earn or deserve it."
I can really imagine Julia Gallah giving a 'Message from the PM' to us, telling us that although she is really happy with her efforts during her (illegal and farcicial) term as our nations Prime Minister, on assessment her performance was lacking so she will only be taking a minimal wage without all of the perks of being PM, not!
HR,
Ghandi