Auspol February 2017 - Choo choose your candidates wisely..

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Graic Gabtar: Dec 19, 2014; squat my posts

Spudd posted:

Can we riot now or what?

Only if its a protest with at least a 175% loading.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 05:22

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hooman: Oct 11, 2007; This guy seems legit.; Fun Shoe

Auspol February: Poors now kicked 25% harder.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 05:41

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

So flexible that you'll break your back!

# ? Feb 23, 2017 05:42

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

Solemn Sloth posted:

The FWC even said that many people currently rely on penalty rates just to make ends meet, but who gives a gently caress.

Yeah, the working poor are just barely holding on so let's cut their loving wages by a quarter :argh:

We live in an age where a 5% cost of living increase is literally unheard of, outside of CEOs and politicians, and now almost a million people have had their weekend rates cut by 25%.

I have a friend who works retail and he needs weekend rates to pay the bills given how much the company has cut back hours for staff. They now have salaried managers work the registers for half a day before they can do any of their own stuff because they've cut back staff so much.

It's insane and I don't know how much longer it can go on before people start just losing their poo poo "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this any more" style.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 05:49

Starshark: Dec 22, 2005; Doctor Rope

I think if there's anything the American Experiment teaches us is that people will gladly get pounded up the rear end indefinitely as long as they have someone to look down upon.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 05:51

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

Gorilla Salad posted:

It's insane and I don't know how much longer it can go on before people start just losing their poo poo "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this any more" style.

I too look forward to Australia electing the One Nation party.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 05:51

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

You'll just find that the Uber economy will step in and the youth will just be working for Foodora and Airtasker.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 05:55

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

Anidav posted:

You'll just find that the Uber economy will step in and the youth will just be working for Foodora and Airtasker.

BUT THEMS IMMGANT JOBS

# ? Feb 23, 2017 06:01

The Before Times: Mar 8, 2014; Once upon a time, I would have thrown you halfway to the moon for a crack like that.

Anidav posted:

You'll just find that the Uber economy will step in and the youth will just be working as independent contractors* with Foodora and Airtasker

*really definitely not employees, nope

# ? Feb 23, 2017 06:33

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

Anidav posted:

Bill Shorten has such an election winning hand.

gently caress Negative Gearing
gently caress the Banks
gently caress paycuts

How could you even lose the next election with political capital like that?

Depending on how likely a complete economic crash is on the horizon he might not want to get into office and get left holding the bag.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 07:04

realbez: Mar 23, 2005; Fun Shoe

Actually I think you'll find reducing penalty rates is a good thing for Australian workers because fffffffaaaaarrrrtttt

# ? Feb 23, 2017 07:06

Zenithe: Feb 25, 2013; _{Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.}

The Chaser still exists and wrote this about the recent proposed cuts

# ? Feb 23, 2017 07:13

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

I say go all in and make all the Monday to Friday occupations work across weekends.

Banks, government departments, the lot.

They can have four rostered days off every fortnight that will be on a rolling rota. They may or may not be adjacent days. Who knows, it changes all the time.

It would be a hell of a shock to finally understand what shift workers live with.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 07:15

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

Retail Manager Jim

"So you know how I'm a manager on a salary and I've been coming in Sundays because it's been too expensive to hire kids on Sunday rates, well I was..."

Chain Owner Bob

"Ah look I'm going to have to stop you there Jim, I've a sea bass that's waiting to be angled and frankly I don't really give a gently caress what you're about to say."

# ? Feb 23, 2017 07:17

Ora Tzo: Feb 26, 2016; HEEEERES TONYYYY

DancingShade posted:

Depending on how likely a complete economic crash is on the horizon he might not want to get into office and get left holding the bag.

Imagine how hosed we would be if Morrison managed such a crisis.
Such a crisis if handled delicately wouldn't reflect badly on Labor, much like the GFC.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 07:33

Graic Gabtar: Dec 19, 2014; squat my posts

Is it just me or does anyone else feel an epic post of rage inbound from Cartoon?

# ? Feb 23, 2017 07:37

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Ora Tzo posted:

Imagine how hosed we would be if Morrison managed such a crisis.
Such a crisis if handled delicately wouldn't reflect badly on Labor, much like the GFC.

I hate to break this to you but the most common perception of the handling of the GFC is LABAH WASTE PINK BATTS SCHOOL HALLS DEFICIT

# ? Feb 23, 2017 07:37

NPR Journalizard: Feb 14, 2008

Ora Tzo posted:

Imagine how hosed we would be if Morrison managed such a crisis.
Such a crisis if handled delicately wouldn't reflect badly on Labor, much like the GFC.

Hasnt stopped the LNP bashing the ALP for the last loving decade about how much debt they left behind.

Hasnt stopped fuckhead tories swallowing that line and regurgitating it to all and sundry

# ? Feb 23, 2017 07:39

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

If the GDP figure is negative again on March 1st then we're in a recession.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 08:10

WhiskeyWhiskers: Oct 14, 2013; "هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)

We managed to escape a recession during the GFC didn't we? loving :lol:

# ? Feb 23, 2017 08:20

aejix: Sep 18, 2007; It's about finding that next group of core players we can win with in the next 6, 8, 10 years. Let's face it, it's hard for 20-, 21-, 22-year-olds to lead an NHL team. Look at the playoffs.

That quote is from fucking 2018. Fuck you Jim; Pillbug

JBP posted:

More like short term profit rebound driven by mass sackings. This will look great on the old resume if I don't wait too long to bail.

drat straight. I currently work somewhere that one of the previous site directors massively neglected the infrastructure of the facility and only authorised capital expenditure on cost savings (read: automation so he could ~~sack~~ redeploy operators). So basically hiding the "true" cost of goods for nearly 10 years. He's since been promoted way up the chain and is now part of the executive group that is closing the place down because "oh its too run down and would need too much capital poured into it (plus we have SE asia labour market to exploit)". loving oval office drove the place into the ground to make himself look like a superstar then closes the place once he's out of harms way. Complete self-serving piece of poo poo. Played the game well though, not that that's any consolation to the 400 odd direct employees who will be out of work.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 08:29

The Deadly Hume: May 26, 2004; Let's get a little crazy. Let's have some fun.

For whatever reason I felt the need to yell into the gaping void of Australia politics in relative anonymity.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 08:29

gay picnic defence: Oct 5, 2009; I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS

hooman posted:

You know how stagflation is the great boogieman of Keynsian economics.

What do you can what we have now? With flat wage growth and the most productive parts of the economy being rentseeking?

neoliberalism

# ? Feb 23, 2017 08:32

Pwnstar: Dec 9, 2007; Who wants some waffles?

Its cool how these days politicians don't have to disguise their contempt for the plebs any more.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 08:33

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

The Deadly Hume posted:

For whatever reason I felt the need to yell into the gaping void of Australia politics in relative anonymity.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 08:41

Periphery: Jul 27, 2003; ...

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

If the GDP figure is negative again on March 1st then we're in a recession.

At that point does it become a self perpetuating phenomenon as people freak out about being in a recession and stop spending or become more defensive with their money?

# ? Feb 23, 2017 08:51

Clawtopsy: Dec 17, 2009; What a fascinatingly unusual cock. Now, allow me to show you my collection...

I teach in a regional town. Many, many of my students do part time work after school/on weekends to help support their families, and these are students that have to weigh up the choice between uniform violation punishments or a pair of shoes they actually want to be seen in outside of the campus.

BUT gently caress THEM I GUESS

# ? Feb 23, 2017 08:55

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

The Deadly Hume posted:

For whatever reason I felt the need to yell into the gaping void of Australia politics in relative anonymity.

Yes.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 08:56

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

To whoever said not even bill shorten could gently caress this up(an opinion so stupid I guess it must be Anidav)

The young guy shorten invited up on stage is:
An SDA delegate
An ALP campaign volunteer
Seen posing with Bill Shorten last election
Under an EBA rather than the award conditions

:bravo:

# ? Feb 23, 2017 09:06

ewe2: Jul 1, 2009

What loving clowns we have for leaders.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 09:09

JBP: Feb 16, 2017; You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

Solemn Sloth posted:

To whoever said not even bill shorten could gently caress this up(an opinion so stupid I guess it must be Anidav)

The young guy shorten invited up on stage is:
An SDA delegate
An ALP campaign volunteer
Seen posing with Bill Shorten last election
Under an EBA rather than the award conditions

# ? Feb 23, 2017 09:12

Graic Gabtar: Dec 19, 2014; squat my posts

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

# ? Feb 23, 2017 09:23

Cartoon: Jun 20, 2008; poop

Periphery posted:

At that point does it become a self perpetuating phenomenon as people freak out about being in a recession and stop spending or become more defensive with their money?

Like most factors in a market economy sentiment plays into everything. None the less under broad economy theory if you aren't growing things are already broken and need fixing. Good luck with team clown shoes on that.

Ten are having Shorten on one of their soft serve panel shows, looks like Malformed Trampsballs is definitely going out with the bathwater.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 09:35

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

Solemn Sloth posted:

To whoever said not even bill shorten could gently caress this up(an opinion so stupid I guess it must be Anidav)

The young guy shorten invited up on stage is:
An SDA delegate
An ALP campaign volunteer
Seen posing with Bill Shorten last election
Under an EBA rather than the award conditions

I love how much you love burning my youthful hopefulness.

I suppose I love hope a little too much

# ? Feb 23, 2017 09:48

BBJoey: Oct 31, 2012

Solemn Sloth posted:

To whoever said not even bill shorten could gently caress this up(an opinion so stupid I guess it must be Anidav)

The young guy shorten invited up on stage is:
An SDA delegate
An ALP campaign volunteer
Seen posing with Bill Shorten last election
Under an EBA rather than the award conditions

here's the thing though: no normal people care about poo poo like this

# ? Feb 23, 2017 09:50

gay picnic defence: Oct 5, 2009; I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS

My great hope from all this is that a recession hits that finally breaks the spell of people thinking the libs are better economic managers

# ? Feb 23, 2017 09:56

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

BBJoey posted:

here's the thing though: no normal people care about poo poo like this

You're right, the average voter sees through media bullshit, can discern facts from fiction, and is capable of determining and following their own self interest. That's why the coalition has never been voted into power.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 09:57

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

gay picnic defence posted:

My great hope from all this is that a recession hits that finally breaks the spell of people thinking the libs are better economic managers

Any recession would clearly be the fault of the labor waste we inherited (half a loving decade ago)

# ? Feb 23, 2017 09:57

Doctor Spaceman: Jul 6, 2010; "Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

Solemn Sloth posted:

Any recession would clearly be the fault of the labor waste we inherited (half a loving decade ago)

They'll blame it on the crossbench first.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 10:03

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Starshark: Dec 22, 2005; Doctor Rope

gay picnic defence posted:

My great hope from all this is that a recession hits that finally breaks the spell of people thinking the libs are better economic managers

That's never going to happen as long as Murdoch's in the tank for the Libs. Maybe if we could convince the Fed Libs to do something against the racing industry? It's a tricky one.

# ? Feb 23, 2017 10:09

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