Australia, the land of the idiot, page-110

Whoever wrote this, was a tad unhappy!

NOWWE HAVE NONE!

Years ago, Australia had seven car manufacturers,

Ford, GMH, Toyota, Nissan, Chrysler, BMC andMitsubishi

Now we have none. All gone overseas and thereason given?

Costs were too high.

Funny that the cars we are now importing (Malaysiaetc) are no cheaper.

I remember back in 1968 living in Brisbane, when the three major cities were Sydney,Melbourne and Adelaide, and Adelaide was the Industrial City.

Adelaide - South Australia, was where you went to workin the Iron Ore Industry, or where you could get a job making railway tracksfor B.H.P.

You could get a job building ships, submarines, cars,washing machines, fridges, TV’s, Hillshoists, Victa Lawn Mowers or make tyres at Bridgestone tyres.

Lightburn Washing Machine Company even made a carcalled a Zeta. It was not much of a car and we built it.

I worked at Stanvac where we made our own Petrol,Diesel, Kerosene and Oil.

We had Oil Rigs in Bass Straight, North West Shelf andthe Timor Sea.

We even had Australian owned Service Stations likeAmpol, (H.C. Sleigh) Golden Fleece and many of us young wanna-be mechanics backthen worked as a driveway attendant. (Just like Stanley).

I remember catching a train from the city to Gawlerand then on to Freeling, Hamley Bridge, Stockport, Riverton, up to Clare,Gladstone, Laura etc.

And all these towns were bustling with activity, andon the weekends they were all open for business.

Our shops were filled on every shelf with food andproducts all proudly made or grown, in Australia.

Our fridge was full of Lamb Chops and Steaks becauseit was cheap as we were a huge Lamb and Beef growing Nation.

And once a month Mum would make us all a delicacy!

It was called a Sunday Roast Chicken.

I remember when we all had trade skills and highquality tools that would last and last.

But most of all we had Mates.

We as Australians watched each other’s backs even ifwe had not met yet, and we all said 'G’Day' to everyone with a smile.

Our kids could go anywhere they liked on their bikes,just as long as they were home before dark.

Australia was pretty safe back then.

Yes, Australia was once a self supporting nation thathad it all.

It had Farms that produced our dairy, fruit & vegiesand meats etc.

And Politicians back then were known as Statesmen andthey were voted by the people, for the people, on behalf of the people and didwhat the people wanted.

We had public utilities owned by us the people, thatguaranteed our Electricity, Water and Sewage forever.

No one knew how much the Snowy Mountain Scheme cost,we just built it.

No one knew how much the Sydney Harbour Bridge or theIndian-Pacific railway cost!

WE JUST BUILT IT!

Then came CORPORATE GREED.

Now everything above has GONE.

Now we don’t watch each other’s backs anymore butwatch each other through security bars, burglar alarms and security screens.

Now we dob each other in.

Now we import poor quality processed food.

Now we import cheap tools that break just taking themout of the packet they come in.

Now we rely on ships to bring in our fuels

Now we can’t afford our own Lamb or Beef anymore.

Now we eat steroid pumped chicken just about everyday.

Now we import trade skill workers on 457 Visas.

Now we have high unemployment as nearly all of ourIndustry and Manufacturing has gone offshore.

Now we have that many Laws that we have just aboutoutlawed ourselves.

But I guess we need even more laws.

We now pay for water that falls out of the sky at$3.80 a litre..

Now we have taxes for everything.

Taxes for carbon, taxes for sake of having taxes,

(They call them Levies).

Now here in South Australia in our towns we haveRailway Stations and railway tracks, but no Station Masters or trains.

We have Public Bus Stops in our Towns but no buses.

We have expensive and up to date Hospitals and Clinicsbut very few Doctors or Nurses.

We all have Mobile Phones and have little to noreception.

We have Digital TV’s with Bugger all Signal in thecountry.

And the worst of all, is our once great nation isbeing sold off, piece by piece to every other country on earth, except us.

‘Tis very sad but very true!

Enjoy what’s left while you can?

The Australia we knew when growing up

Is stuffed!