The Bottom Line

The boozing in our fair city is really the politicians fault, a monster of their own creating. The fact that the current government approved the exponential growth of liquor licences withstanding. In this economic rationalist world the politicians have taught us that only the bottom line counts. John Howard taught us that only money matters. Kevin Rudd had confirmed it. Hospitals, Universities, everything has to make money. People don't count, only money does. The unemployed on welfare are looses and don't matter. Social programs don't matter. The environment doesn't matter. Historical architecture doesn't matter. pristine wilderness doesn't matter. People don't matter. Only the mighty dollar is paramount and anything worthwhile must make a profit.

So, accordingly, individual's bottom line is them themselves. Only they matter. It follows logically. Politicians have taught us that nothing else matters more than number one. Their number one is the cost, our number one is ourselves. The politicians have taught us to be mean, it's a simple fact.

Let's face it, governments attempts to cut the smoking rate, to cut the drinking rate, to cut the road toll, even, has nothing to do with the health and well being of the people, it has everything to do with the cost of these things on the government’s budget.

Let's face it, the Vic labour govt is just trying to clean up the mess it has made, and it's, the public, who seem to be getting all the blame.