Yes - they are willing to spend large amounts (of our money) subsidising
traditional (mainly environmentally bad) industries (especially in marginal
electorates?) and yet in this country at least none seem to realise that if
they spent equivalent amounts on new green industries we would be in a much
better shape.
2010/1/31 David Adams <>
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Dave Torr <> wrote:
> > Well done Trevor - as you say it is a never ending battle and they only
> have
> > to win once, whereas we have to win every time. Unfortunately most
> > governments - certainly ours in Victoria - go for growth at all costs,
> and
> > even though many people seem to be against more population growth both
> major
> > parties seem to be more concerned with pleasing developers than doing
> what
> > people want.
>
> Sigh.
>
> Any time I hear the word "balance" come out of a politicians mouth I
> start shouting. It's usually something like "well, we need to strike a
> balance between jobs and the environment." Translation: we need to
> strike a balance between blowing things up and knocking them down ;-)
> Jobs are typically a red herring. If the government wants to keep a
> lot of people employed, get the out there planting trees and
> rehabilitating played out agricultural lands.
>
>
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