Should the Australian Government provide drought relief funds for farmers?

[SirRumpole]

The correct analogy would be that the city mismanaged their roads, and was forced to close them due to their own incompetence, but a private company owned an alternative road across their own land.

As far as I'm concerned it's the government's job, whether federal, state or local to provide essential services to the public in return for taxes, and not hive the job off to some private concern.

 

[Value Collector]

As far as I'm concerned it's the government's job, whether federal, state or local to provide essential services to the public in return for taxes, .

And in this situation, local government failed, and supplied polluted water to the public.

 

[Value Collector]

There's the common good vs private good.

A case can be made for mom and pop farmers needing water, and getting it for next to nothing, or free.

The average farmer is not the average Nestle'.

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There is farmers that are nearly the size of nestle, Mum and Pop farmers are almost a thing of myth these days.

and why should farmers get free water if a bottling plant can't

 

[luutzu]

There is farmers that are nearly the size of nestle, Mum and Pop farmers are almost a thing of myth these days.

and why should farmers get free water if a bottling plant can't

They're French. Why would you give the Frenchy anything? We all know it's Freedom Fries or chips, no Frenchy fries.

 

[Value Collector]

They're French. .

They are global, Capitalism has moved beyond those imaginary lines politicians and like to draw on maps and the flags bogans wrap themselves in

 

[Tisme]

Yea, but don't know the exact figures. But water is plentiful while we can't get enough of coal though.

You can replace water with drinking the refreshing coke; coal just have no alternatives.

Once we rediscover what the ancients knew and transform CO2 into coal then bury it deep, we will be laughing.

 

[luutzu]

They are global, Capitalism has moved beyond those imaginary lines politicians and like to draw on maps and the flags bogans wrap themselves in

I don't think Capitalist/Capitalism ever have any national loyalty.

Why do you think the ancient Chinese put them filthy parasites on the lowest runk of the social ladder?

You know, let them make their money, tax it. But don't let society glorify in it lest they all turn to useless financial games and destroy all wealth and savings.

Oh man, you wait 'til I get round to reading Marx.

 

[luutzu]

Once we rediscover what the ancients knew and transform CO2 into coal then bury it deep, we will be laughing.

Like the dinosaurs?

 

[Smurf1976]

They're French. Why would you give the Frenchy anything? We all know it's Freedom Fries or chips, no Frenchy fries.

You're not keen on France then I take it?

 

[Tisme]

Like the dinosaurs?

We could farm people and sequestrate their bodies in big pits. 7bn people x 10kg of carbon is about two years of carbon burning so there's a solution right there.

 

[luutzu]

You're not keen on France then I take it?

It's my sense of humour

I can't be racist against the French because there's some French blood in me. Yea, they were in the area.

 

[luutzu]

We could farm people and sequestrate their bodies in big pits. 7bn people x 10kg of carbon is about two years of carbon burning so there's a solution right there.

With a population of around 7.5B from that video, I take it the ones laughing are those remaining 500M?

Why the trouble when those are the ones laughing right now though?

 

[Smurf1976]

I can't be racist against the French because there's some French blood in me. Yea, they were in the area.

I've never had any trouble with the French.

Well apart from some outright crazy roundabout in Paris with traffic going everywhere and somehow confusing a fish with chicken in Angers but then I don't speak French and it all worked out in the end.

 

[SirRumpole]

I wonder what happened to qldfrog. Used to like his posts.

 

[Smurf1976]

Found in Scottsdale Tasmania among some bananas.

Seriously hope is all OK.

https://www.examiner.com.au/news/lo...d-frog-hitches-ride-to-scottsdale-in-bananas/

 

[SirRumpole]

Something else for VC and luutzu to argue about.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-...kes-stand-against-bottle-water-brand/10127588

 

[luutzu]

Something else for VC and luutzu to argue about.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-...kes-stand-against-bottle-water-brand/10127588

Going to start charging for each episode soon

 

[SirRumpole]

Farmers eating themselves ?

Hay exported while domestic shortages increase.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-31/hay-redistribution-could-kill-industry-exporters-warn/10181948

 

[Knobby22]

Been some good rains and more coming.
I know the fodder hasn't had a chance to grow but it's funny watching the news as hay is delivered to wet ground.
The drought breaking doesn't suit the political agenda. What's Barnaby going to do?

 

[noirua]

Should the Australian Government provide drought relief funds for farmers?

Yes!

As long as they get loads of water and hay it doesn't matter who provides it or how much it costs. Send the bill to SirRumpole and compatriots.