Posted on 03/07/2009 7:55:49 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
I refuse to be the obamanation’s ATM. After spending over 20 years as a military officer I finally hit the the jackpot in my own business in the real marketplace. I am debt free, own a few assets and have my military pension. I employ about ten girls and I bring home a lot more than than hussein’s wealthy definition. My wife and I are used to living on a whole lot less than 250k so it will not be a problem for me to cut back to that level. I have already told my staff that I may be cutting back on work. They understand what that means. I hate to lay off these folks, I really hate to do it. OTOH I am approaching 60 and I don’t feel like it is my responsibility to support a socialist economy. I am working harder than I ever have so I don’t mind taking more time off to travel and work in my garden. Working hard is not my goal, making a lot of money to prepare for my retirement is. Working hard to prop up a socialist tyrant was never in my plans.
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Two acquaintances who have owned their own business for a long time pulled all their money out of their brokerage accounts the day after the election. They’re a smart couple and have worked very hard to accumulate what they have. Now they’re working even harder to preserve it and to avoid having it redistributed to those who did nothing to earn it.
Didn’t New Zealand just go right of center in the last election?
Australia is a great country. The government is a little left now but Australians in general are very hard-working, freedom loving, honest, diligent and frugal. Also, their government has a budget surplus and it is a commodities-based economy for the most part. It will prosper again as Asia recovers.
The tax policy there is pretty fair, and they have a good legal system- the loser pays the winner’s legal fees. The recent stimulus package in Australia went for things like insulating peoples homes and businesses to conserve energy down the road- fairly pragmatic compared to our mess.
They also love freedom. They were very eager and loyal (and non-compensated) partners with the US in the Battle of the South China Sea. That battle is still an example of two great nations coming together in wartime and together accomplishing a massive success because of shared values of freedom, sacrifice and honor.
Something else is interesting to me over there- if an Australian starts promoting themselves in sports, music or politics, their fellow citizens are quick to cut them down to size. They don’t put up with a lot of ego over there.
The only negative I have found is that the Greenies over there make our envirowhackos look like Jesse Helms. Most people do care for the environment in a good way over there- not too extreme- so overall it is a good thing.
It is probably the closest thing to Galt’s Gulch out there now. If Kevin Rudd gets too crazy left, they will toss him out of office. If things keep going the way they are over here with the destruction of our republic and the decimation of our economy, I am sure many Americans will be lining up at the Australian embassy. In fact, I was told that a lot already have been doing so- and that it picked up in the Fall and even more after the election...probably getting much busier lately...
What kind of gun laws does Australia have?
Excellent!
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Not as good as over here in the south, unfortunately. (or as good as ours used to be!?) Wikipedia actually has a pretty good summary of the gun laws over there.
I also forgot to mention that Australia does not have nearly as bad of an illegal immigration problem as here.
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