Homeless and Military spending

[Jerry_Atrick]

In theory, I don't disagree with both @Marty_d and @Old Koreelah... Not sure how Aus foreign aid is spent, but the big criticism of the £12bn a year spent here is that it ends up in the hands of, or for the benefit of the tyrants and oppressors rather than the population suffering at their reign. I am sure the reports exaggerate, but with all the mud/smoke, some must be true. Which means we can give them money for them to invest in schools to teach their propaganda and extremism, etc.

 

In anycase, if I was spending my money, on say building an infrastructure project (water, power, roads, etc) for the benefit of another country, what is wrong with requiring the companies that do it to be from my country? Win win and one could partner with local companies to transfer knowledge (but there are other issues with that)..

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

... if I was spending my money, on say building an infrastructure project (water, power, roads, etc) for the benefit of another country, what is wrong with requiring the companies that do it to be from my country? Win win and one could partner with local companies to transfer knowledge (but there are other issues with that)..

That's what usually happens.

 

 

[Bruce]

A lot of welfare money is spent on drugs. Once I was on a bus and this guy was going to a free meal because he had spent all his welfare on some drugs.

 

He was complaining about being ripped off because the drugs "didn't do effing nothing". I wasn't that close to him but he had a loud voice.

 

I later wrote to my MP saying I didn't want my tax money being used for drugs, but so far ( 15 months) no reply.

 

What if the government , through the welfare system, is the main customer of the drug sellers?

 

 

[Kyle Communications]

In theory, I don't disagree with both @Marty_d and @Old Koreelah... Not sure how Aus foreign aid is spent, but the big criticism of the £12bn a year spent here is that it ends up in the hands of, or for the benefit of the tyrants and oppressors rather than the population suffering at their reign. I am sure the reports exaggerate, but with all the mud/smoke, some must be true. Which means we can give them money for them to invest in schools to teach their propaganda and extremism, etc.

In anycase, if I was spending my money, on say building an infrastructure project (water, power, roads, etc) for the benefit of another country, what is wrong with requiring the companies that do it to be from my country? Win win and one could partner with local companies to transfer knowledge (but there are other issues with that)..

 

Well thats what everyone is bitching about inc me. The new train fiasco here in Qld is a perfect example of such. 4 Billion dollars wasted and now a govt enquiry about it. The govt projects should all use locally based engineering and construction. Its a no brainer...yes it may cost more but it generates far more in the local economy of the country.

 

I am a big believer in the welfare card..it should have been bought in years ago. 80/20 is a good split. People still need some free money but the rest is locked to living expenses not smoked in a pipe or shot in the arm or down the throat of a one armed bandit

 

 

[Bruce Tuncks]

Onto Captain Cook, who has always been a hero of mine. He was of humble origins, saved by an old lady who sent him to navy school.

He was the only person on the planet who was a good sea-captain and also a good enough mathematician to work out his longitude at sea from astronomical fixings. He figured out what caused scurvy many years before Stuart failed to do so, and as a result, he could keep a crew alive to return the ship.

I just hate how the woke lot seem to like destroying his statues.

[facthunter]

That sort of epic Journey is like going to Mars today with a big unruly crew and doing repairs along the way.. Nev

[Marty_d]

Imagine being stuck in a space ship for 6 months with Elon Musk,only to realise you still have to live with him in a small habitat for the rest of your life when you get there. Hell!

[spacesailor]

Don't worry,  you wouldn't last too many years on Mars. 

No atmosphere to shield you from the Suns rays .

Inhospitable a place,  even for a short holiday .

spacesailor