From: Patrick Wilken (patrickw@cs.monash.edu.au)
Date: Mon Jul 19 1999 - 23:25:16 MDT
>> Then again, since the Australia project would
>> probably be delayed for centuries and go into cost overruns because of
>> legal and protest action by environmentalists, not to mention the
>> inefficiency of a socialist government, Mars might actually be cheaper.
>> ;)
>>
>That commie, pinko Australian Liberal Party... socialist scum.
Do you really think Australia has a socialist government? The liberal party
is our equivalent to the Republican party (lacking a strong pro-gun or
anti-porn stance or for that matter lots of weirdo Christians). We seem to
be moving pretty rapidly away from any form of governmental assistance (who
can afford it with a dwindling tax base?) and are very strong supporters of
free-trade.
Of course taxes will never be abolished by politians from whatever side of
politics they come from (they have to justify themselves don't they?).
Since we don't have a huge military to give lots-and-lots of $$$ to it
tends to be distributed back to the people a little more. So for that
reason we are a little more 'socialist'. This doesn't mean we have fewer
rights or pay greater taxes.
ciao, patrick
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Editor: PSYCHE: An International Journal of Research on Consciousness
Board Member: The Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
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