Selling nation’s assets
PETER Smith “KAP a socialist group” ( TB, 17/ 7) and Chris Squelch “Bob of the left” ( TB, 24/ 7) seem to be confused.
These men are condemning our country’s founders and their foresight of keeping our road, rail, communications, power, water, farm land and industry in our people’s hands.
The founders realised, as does Bob Katter, that to sell off these assets puts the people’s wellbeing into foreign or corporate hands and denies the nation of their income.
The most treacherous sale of all would be the water supply ( including the Port of Darwin).
The sale of our nation’s assets has been an abject failure. We now have huge corporate salaries and overseas jobs, water shortages, power rip- offs, and foreign ownership keeping our younger generation from buying homes.
The two letter writers are mistaken to think that wanting our country to remain in the hands of Australians is “socialism”. Rather it is “generational foresight” – something these men and the parties they follow have no understanding of.
Unions in Australia have a proud tradition.
It is a pity that tradition has been shorn and given to the Labor Party which has not delivered for the worker.
No worker is safe from being sold to an overseas job, workers find it nearly impossible to withdraw their labour if they are being poorly treated.
Worst betrayal is no wages growth for an entire decade.
Yet the real unionist who wants the worker to succeed, as well as the country and the enterprise in that country to prosper is not today’s union.
If a union wants to give Bob Katter money to fight the good fight for our workers, then they acknowledge he is on the right track. If Bob does not stand up and do it, can you honestly rely on this other mob?
The fathers of our nation had the foresight and integrity to believe in this country and its people. Making sure your hospitals and education funding was assured.
Making sure this country had the money to build itself into a great nation. Which it did.
The “new” Labor and “sell everything” Liberals are the ones who are confused as to who they represent.
Perhaps a clarification of the word “independent” might help these confused people to understand modern politics.
Or perhaps Mr Smith and Mr Squelch have lost the foresight to see they are being led down the shady path with no end in sight.