The Native Iowan

A chilly, damp Sunday morning here. Have Blood Sport happening today. The broadcast comes to us from Des Moines, Iowa. Some very good bouts coming.

Sun is shining. Dogs are happy. Coffee smells great… what could go wrong?

Today, too, is the day-after Federal election time here in Aus. It was very anti-climactic from my point of view…

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) well and truly routed their opposition. The Liberal National Party (LNP) got soundly rejected, to the point where the party head, Peter Dutton, lost his own seat.

Labor has a large majority, does not need help forming government. It appears to be the case where the LNP was rejected north, south, east and west.

I dont have an answer per how this all came about, noting well the campaign ran by Dutton and the LNP was pretty shallow. As was Labor’s campaigning. Their campaigning in my mind was nothing more than a long competition of which party could promise more.

I heard very little practical problem solving during the campaign. I heard very little articulation of the social, economic and global problems being faced by Australia.

I do believe the Australian Electorate is asleep. Sound asleep. Or simply not interested in the BS that is politics. Or too busy simply working, paying for their lives. Which is very sad.

Both Labor and the Liberals are lacking in vision and forward planning.

Like all 2Party systems, there is a siamese twin syndrome where whatever one says the other has to raise the ante. Both parties are locked in step with the other. I have heard little articulation of the real “problems” facing Australia. I have heard a lot of “20milliion for child care”, “100million for first home owners”, “freeeee moneeey if you voooteee for meeeeee”…

I have discussed the difference, as I see it, between being liberal and conservative… Liberals (here in Aus) are liberal with the public purse. They give money away, waste money, are frivolous with the money. The Public Money.

As near as I can tell, all the Parties here in Aus are very liberal. I have not seen or really dont know of a government here that has been truly conservative with the public purse.

Description: This image shows the current number of members in the House of Representatives from each party: Labor Party – 77 members. Liberal Party – 53 members. Minor parties – 6 members. Independents – 13 members

Time will tell but I have been saying that such Liberal tendencies can only lead one direction…

Bankruptcy.

I believe that Australia has fallen prey to the “green dream”, the “nut zero” BS that turns a very wealthy land into a debtors prison. Australians have been living too large for too long. I fear we just gave the Nanny-State a big shot in the arm. Taxes and power and fuel and groceries and, well everything, are going to get more expensive.

Lets see what happens next.

More later