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» redback - A National Discussion

"...It looks like we DO have a national discussion going on health care'......"How many political parties do you have in the Land of Oz?"

An interesting segue from 'health care'.

There is a same-o same-o to politics in health care probably world-wide. How many of the finite dollars ie our tax money ought to be returned to the taxpayer that will ultimately lead to more "bandages on bums", not more unactioned health reports on shelves.

A political party is like a church. It is not a building...it's a whole bunch of people who let things happen. Same with shareholders of unethical, wealthy corporations. Churches here are registered corporations with "shareholders".

I'm sure a lot of things happened between the time George Mason and George Bush roamed the Earth or whatever our equivalent is here. Probably a convict and it's modern day contemporary, John Howard, PM.

But my health care is far too important to leave to doctors, let alone politicians. A national health care program comes with national expectations. My own expectations are realistic, informed...and jaded.

Bob Hawke, a former Labour Prime Minister once famously said: "By 1990, no Australian child will be living in poverty" In 2007, John Howard, our current Liberal Prime Minister is going to stop child sexual abuse (a "national emergency") in the Aboriginal communities by compulsory medical checkups, welfare restrictions..no porno nor grog there for 6 months...and army involvement." The ink's not yet dry...the proof of the pudding is truth-in-waiting. Bob was unsuccessful. Little Johnny and his profound hope can only be let down by the real culprits...all of us who fail his dreams.

Our Prime Minister pool to date has only come from the Liberal & Labour Parties but we have many people of many political persuasions holding Parties at taxpayers' expense...if you follow my drift. There was a law passed last year that deregistered many political parties that had not been successful in getting any of it members elected so will parties reduce or be more concentrated?

So, to answer the question, there's probably 4 or 5 important political parties here where 'importance' is in the eye of the beholder.

-- posted by redback