Howard has been working for me

By: NickStanton (Registered ) on 13-10-2007 10:49

I'm sorry you feel that way. John Howard has done all the right things to win my vote. The following are standouts for me: 
1) The fact that our budget is in surplus and we aren't spending $10Bn/year on interest payments anymore. 
2) Tax reforms such as the GST which have made our tax system far more logical, and one envied by many foreigners i have spoken to about it. 
3) The governments policy of not giving illegal immigrants, who have been able to divert the internationally recognised systems simply bacause they have money, preference over those poor souls waiting in camps overseas because they cannot afford a boat ride. 
4) His industrial relations reforms which have brought us in line with the times. Having worked as an unskilled laborour for a civil contractor last year on an AWA i directly benefitted from the flexibility and raise in pay gained since the old system. My uncle who runs a small mechanical business and is having huge problems getting staff due to the mining boom, has been able to employ people he normally would not have risked, knowing that he will not be vulnerable to ridiculous unfair dismissal cases if they turn out to be unsuitable, as has happened to him before. 
5) The introduction of VSU has made university a much better place for me, knowing that i am no longer forced to associate myself with a group of radical, ill-informed, power-hungry students, for no gain to myself. 
Things like their spending on defense, the water plan, the IR reform, the future fund, the Higher education endowment fund, the $2Bn announced recently for the Bruce highway, their plan to re-instate the previously successful local hospital boards, the unprecedented levels of aid given to Indonesia after the tsunami, work in East Timor and the soloman Islands, and the free-trade agreements, are al strong, future-smart initiatives. They will contribute to our economy, our health services, and our regional relationships far into the future. What does Kevin Rudd's labor have to offer? I'm yet to see anything worthwhile.

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