' Wrote:The mining tax - in my opinion is a good thing, and i honestly don't think they should be backing down on that. You are right about the wage scare thing - however there is no reason at all for mining companies to do that, the profits they have been making in the last decade are beyond absurd - it could be easily monitored to ensure that they dont start punishing their workers.
Rudd didnt get us out of foriegn lands though, he reduced our commitment to Iraq, while increasing the commitment to Afghanistan. His backdown on the emissions trading scheme though, has rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.
' Wrote:Bear, are you nuts? With the Mad Monk in power we'd be on a fast train back to the Dark Ages.
The above would be the most accurate view on the situation.