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Australia is entering a nice new free market era. It may sound like mysticism and it may be mysticism, but we cross our fingers in the approximate shape of a Christian cross and hope for the best. There will be no more protected industries, except the mining industry, which is free not to have to pay much tax. Manufacturing can depart, thus liberating the workers to find other sorts of jobs that may interest them. Some of them may wish to become prime minister of Australia. That is up to them. But it is not fair to the African workers to pay Australians more than what is on offer in developing countries. We know that where there is a will there is a way. Zimbabwean cops may only be paid $US 150 per month, but they stop cars and scrutinise the papers and can hint about allowing you to get more quickly to your destination if you alleviate yourself of your petty cash. So there is no reason why anybody in the world cannot make ends meet. They just have to want to do so enough.
And there is no reason for elderly or disabled people to have pensions, because that is not one of the principles of a completely free market. Don’t they have families to take care of them? In Zimbabwe, if you are disabled, you sit outside a shopping centre asking for money, until the police chase you away or give you a hiding. You can also try selling homemade trinkets to foreigners. Poverty encourages entreprise.
I think Australians could learn a lot from Zimbabweans and our government believes so too. I would be inclined to set up a shop to teach them Shona so they can assimilate, but few people are enterprising enough to take up my offer.
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