When will political debate in this country (Australia) resemble an intelligent interaction between people of differing policy viewpoints and not the explosive and pointless behaviour akin to the meeting of rival football supporters?
We wonder why our kids behave like bullies when we subject them to political news reports during so called 'kid friendly' broadcasting hours?
I'm so sick of the scare tactics and the irrational debate based on either the fear of the 'rich' or the fear of the 'unions'.
For goodness sake! Politics in this country needs to mature past the point of not trusting someone just because of they way they chose to derive their income on this planet. The left of Australian politics will have you believe that the employers are the nasty control freaks who will exploit you until you have no more to give them. The Unions have their place but to use their position to incite fear and mistrust of employers generally is merely their tactic for maintaining their membership in a victim mindset. Not healthy for the membership and totally misrepresents employers. I dare to wonder if the creation of a victim mentality by some Union officials is done to further their own power base and political ambitions.
Likewise there are those who are more fortunate that fail to stop and consider the myriad of reasons why others are less fortunate. Often the ignorance and intolerance of some of the more fortunate among our community creates resentment.
Too much of our political debate is based in mistrust and fear, not facts and intelligent conversation. I hear the argument at times that not everyone understands politics, policy and the economy and that this collective misunderstanding is representative of the weakness of those who don't understand.
My argument is that the weakness is in those that do understand and have failed to achieve an effective mechanism to ensure that understanding is shared by everyone.
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