The workforce, is this happening everywhere?

We are all doomed I worked hard all my life 45 years on basic low wages, but in todays times young ones want high wages to be able to get a head, plenty of work on farms but farmers don't want to pay good money to bust your guts out all day in the fields for crap money and import third world works who will work for low pay, no employer want to put people on full time as it be harder to get rid of them when they are not any good, the GOV fudges the unemployment figues if you only work a few hours a week you are classed as employed, people on basic wages can't afford to buy a house, and rental cost are going through the roof, real estate agent putting the rent up without the owners permission and no one can no longer save money as cost of living has gone way out of control, everyone is paying for bad GOV decisions, the rich get richer and the GOV keep draining the pockets of the working class man to pay for their mistakes, my daughter wants to work but when she goes for jobs and they find out she suffers Eplisy they don't want to know her and if the family don't earn more than $120k a year there be no chance of ever getting a loan for a house and then you get the young ones who just want a free ride and think they are hard done by.
Life is hard and its getting harder, the GOV keep blaming everyone else for their mistakes, we have a new GOV now in Aus and they have a big mess to clean up from 10 years of bad mistakes, but I can't see anything changing, there is still money around but the average person don't have it and the sink hole is getting bigger and more people are getting tossed out of their rentals because greedy RE agents and high cost for houses, people are living in tents and cars because they have no where else to go and its not only in my own country its happening everywhere, we are a rich country but we aren't any good at looking after our own people.
Our GOV and businesses sold out to countries with cheaper labour cost, now its come back to bite them on the rear end and not spending the money to skill up our own workforce and we are importing stuff that is crap and don't last.
As I say we are all doomed from pass mistakes.

Ashley
 
Time for a beer
I can't afford it the GOV keep putting the excise tax up every 6 months on ALC, Beer, and anything else that we like and the only other people making money are the drug dealers, beside the TAX man.
 
Just got letter in the mail today.
Insurance up 23% next year...
 
Just got letter in the mail today.
Insurance up 23% next year...
No worries, you got the money your employer should pay you enough to make a living I think that’s called a “Living Wage” .
 
No worries, you got the money your employer should pay you enough to make a living I think that’s called a “Living Wage” .
Correct, and I don't have to work two jobs to pay for it either.
I must be one of those highly skilled workers your company can't hire.
 
I don't know if I would agree in NZ. I don't think either of our major parties are particularly corrupt. It's just thst NZ struggles to compete because we are basically an agricultural producing nation trying to sell internationally into tariff protected markets.
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Alcohol industrie ! keep them pissed . theyll never know WHATS going on . Is how it works .

The More SLF DEPENDANT a country is , the less liable it is too FORIGN INFLUANCE
Dude, your post is reading a LOT like one of hobot's!

It's refreshing...
 
Not cool , though…. guess a copy is form of flattery , but still ….
 
Correct, and I don't have to work two jobs to pay for it either.
I must be one of those highly skilled workers your company can't hire.


Nah I can get you in under the friends and family plan , just save the looney liberal talk for break time, we like good laughs .
 
Nah I can get you in under the friends and family plan , just save the looney liberal talk for break time, we like good laughs .
Ain't no liberal, just play one on the internet!

But really, just want my fellow hard working Americans to get paid what they deserve.

Screw the politicians, the corporations and the tax man!
 
Ain't no liberal, just play one on the internet!

But really, just want my fellow hard working Americans to get paid what they deserve.

Screw the politicians, the corporations and the tax man!
Well to be honest I’m a middle of the road guy closer to the right but I swear we should have NHS type thing and I’ll gladly step left or right if they have a plan , what are they waiting for


I want to get paid what I’m worth too but I am realistic and am sure I won’t live long enough to see that happen so a second job will suffice as it got me a Commando

Politicians and the tax man are fair game other than that I’m fair and square
 
... I’ll gladly step left or right if they have a plan , what are they waiting for
Politicians only have "a better plan" in an election year, NOT when they are already in office.

Remember all the "better plans" for healthcare that were promised? As far as I can tell (but of course, that's just me) IT HASN'T HAPPENED. In fact, IT'S WORSE since the "marketplace" the government set itself up as, came into existence.

Talk about the most insanely stupid thing - let the government help itself to a cut of what NECESSARILY must become a bigger rip-off than it already was...
 
Not a fan of the “market place”. And not smart enough to come with an answer fir health insurance but it appears that the British have it figured out, why not copy their system do the same or do better, oh no we’ll do nothing that seems to be the standard .
 
Just north of you guys , we have national health care , not sure % of each dollar spent maybe 8-10 , it works great other than wait time as a shortage of health care pros here …. most workplaces offer a shared drug plan and once 65 you under anther plan $400 a year max. …. like I say big complaint now is the shortages …. Could be a lot worse …
 
We'll just say , when they introduced G S T , the only employment ' booming ' was that off ACCOUNTANTS to handle the paperwork . All others went into recession . Tho thats about 1995 or so .

N Z hasnt really changed in its primary export earnings catagories . Farming Fishing & Forestry . Unfortunately , if it were to manufacture more produts , " in House " it would be less cash strapped ,
Selling good trees for paper seems absurd , when the could be used for houses .

Cars & Motorcycles HAVE been made in N Z . Some of the WORLDS BEST test drivers & development enginneers , are from there , Heard of Rod millen ( Mitsi ). Bruce Mc Claren ( Mc Claren ! )

Bob Wallace ( Lamborghini ( I wouldve bought one but I didnt know how to spell it ) ) Amon at Ferrari .

The workforce, is this happening everywhere?

If our near cousins orstrawians , had built a NOMAD version of their newer Monaro ( or just on the four door platform ! ) the ' three door ' is the least expensive to produce ,
Even the Manaro with 3 on the tree & a 186 ( base model six , to forigners ) for the Avg. Aus. Family - 2 1/2 kids & a Dog . BUDGET AFORDABLE rather than mega snot GO mobile at twice the price
LIKELY G. M. would still have a FACTORY & the 100.000 employed in the support industries wouldnt be on their asses .

The workforce, is this happening everywhere?


N Z or these backward australians , Could Produce world leading AFFORDABLE rather than the Luxury ' fully equipped ' top line mega snot models . Air Con. isnt even needed in N Z ,
unless all these unrestricted asian manufacturers destroy the atmosphere .

The LAST and strongest version of the Rolls Royce Merlin was MANUFACTURED in Australia . For the Avro Lincoln . Tho they only built a few hundred .
The World leading Leyland P 38 . the vivtim of the worst industrial espionage extant , was built here . It wasnt 20 years ahead or its time . It was 30 .
Theres two running in town ( Rural ) Here . A tidy Targa & a ratty bush firewood working one . Dual Exhaust , Decent Carb & Catch tank & your Done .

The real straight neigbours ( from town Retd. ) bought one , rural N Z . A lift to town , in the rear , their billy bunter son driveing ( as usual in N Z ) when
a quite sane overtakeing manouvre started , the first car once we were along side ( Scrubbed and dressed for town ) the twit sped up & closed the gap to the one in front .
No worries . 4.4 V8 & its the weight of a 2 litre Cortina . Or corse the second car decides to close the gap to the third , and that three close up . So now the throttles firmly on.

The rest of the B stewards decide it'd be a good idea to close him out . As why would anyone want to overtake someone doing 50 in a 60 limit . we cant have that on a highway .
End Result 90 , catch the left lane , tap brakes , catch on throttle onto the south wellsrod bridge . B R A K E , Flick left & catch into the L H with the high hrd bank outer edge .
Sheesh . I didnt know a CAR coulds do that . any Car .
always regret I naver ' Cracked a funny ' but the mood was sombre hence . dont thin they new either . But now they did . A modern Jap shite might . it might hit the bridge .
LEMON . Buy golly . trust your polotition . They know EVERYTHING .

The point being , biased brainwashing bribed ' advisors ' and even the best politition ? is screwed . ( this has been not that unusual in the least .)

The Car took 50 % of the oppos build time , was safer , roomy , economical ( 32 mpg with holly 350 And Dual Ex with Rover S / VdP Manifolds )
IT HAD THEM SNOTTED .
It is a famous Aussie Lemon .
Unless you owned one .

I woke up at the bend at the end ( down hill hard left ) or a straight , on a long tip home . Threw it in at 60 or whadever , Cranked ver like a French Job ,
she ran the bend like a battleship at action stations . Didnt know it could do that too . Tho KJnew it could play with a GS thou Dual Lane hard left .
Cruising . Vs Honda Boy . Any Leading Throttle and he dropped . Yards Left . Tho not in the driver . We might be mad but we're Not Stupid .
 
Not a fan of the “market place”. And not smart enough to come with an answer fir health insurance but it appears that the British have it figured out, why not copy their system do the same or do better, oh no we’ll do nothing that seems to be the standard .
We have made a stab at a National Health Care of sorts in the US. It's called the VA (Veterans Administration) Millions use it and it worked for my two brothers in law. Here is the catch and it's the big catch with all health care. Unless you have an advocate that knows how to work the system they will let you die of apathy. By law they have 30 days to respond. That means in 29 days they might schedule you for an appointment or a procedure. They might cancel this later. My wife, their sister, rides them and keep their phones hot. They cured her brother's throat cancer and took pretty good care of her older brother until his death.
 
We have made a stab at a National Health Care of sorts in the US. It's called the VA (Veterans Administration) Millions use it and it worked for my two brothers in law. Here is the catch and it's the big catch with all health care. Unless you have an advocate that knows how to work the system they will let you die of apathy. By law they have 30 days to respond. That means in 29 days they might schedule you for an appointment or a procedure. They might cancel this later. My wife, their sister, rides them and keep their phones hot. They cured her brother's throat cancer and took pretty good care of her older brother until his death.
Not so sure about that I’m confused the VA is for veterans and it’s not a health care plan unless you are a veteran and meet a certain time of service and still you have to have a service related issue. We need something that covers all people not a select few .
 
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Well to be honest I’m a middle of the road guy closer to the right but I swear we should have NHS type thing and I’ll gladly step left or right if they have a plan , what are they waiting for


I want to get paid what I’m worth too but I am realistic and am sure I won’t live long enough to see that happen so a second job will suffice as it got me a Commando

Politicians and the tax man are fair game other than that I’m fair and square
Don't go thinking our NHS is perfect
Try getting a doctor's appointment at the moment
Or just about any hospital treatment
 
Don't go thinking our NHS is perfect
Try getting a doctor's appointment at the moment
Or just about any hospital treatment
Indeed. But even at that level of performance, it still accounts for 44% of ALL tax income (all means all, inc VAT, etc, etc).

Which is a rather eye opening thought IMHO…
 
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