A 17 year old living in a middle class, whitebread family is a far cry from being middle aged, between jobs and surviving off welfare payments. To not get that you're a cock and or a dumb arse.
This presupposes that everyone votes according to narrow self interests.
dont they?
then why did someone else understand what I meant
Keep it as it is..... kids under 18 should be concentrating on SCHOOL rather than BS politics. I agree with the poster who said that "younger = more gullible"
Why I say this? Because "more education = more informed decision-making" (Economics for the win!!!)
So be good children and bury ur heads into ur textbooks!
PS: It was from the year 11/12 economics course that I knew a certain prime minister was skewing public sentiment when HE said "let's lower interest rates to help hard-working Australian families be better off"
PSS: when I say "more education = more informed decision-making" I MEAN IT!!!!
EDIT: Lemme introduce year 11/12 Economics to whoever is in year 9/10. Lemme summarise the whole subject in ONE word: MARKETS. Why I like it? Because I get to learn about the implications of government policy on markets and how people respond to changes in the market.
RE-EDIT: So whenever a government "pwomises" something, I ask myself two questions: TRUE OR FALSE? WHAT IS THE CHAIN-REACTION (a series of effects) RESULTING FROM THE CAUSE?
it's almost like they do
yeah but in the long term deregulation and minimisation of the state is good for your liberties and hip pocket so you still voted in yr own self interest.
If everyone voted according to how it would actually impact them asylum seekers would be a political issue for about half a percent of voters.
How do people think boats arriving on Christmas Island will impact them?
Nonsense those are proxies for what is little more than mean spirited bigotry.
That's what he meant
Why would the 5% who come by boats be more scary than majority coming by planes but for some bonkers nationalistic sentiment about deciding who comes in.
