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Prodos: The Liberal Party and Australia
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Marinakis
There’s only one factor that
ultimately raises real wages and living standards. It's called capital
accumulation. That means: Factories, machines, inventions –– the material
means of production –– in the hands of profit seeking entrepreneurs. Listen
to my weekly podcasts with free market economist and Liberal Party member,
Gerard Jackson, at LabourMarketReform.com to find out more and for
lots of ideas on how to properly defend reform and smash anti free market
fallacies.
The ABC
Privatize it. Sell it to the highest
bidder. It’s worse than useless. Listen to my song and buy my campaign
merchandise at: PrivatizeTheABC.com
Funding the Arts
Government funding of the Arts kills
the creative spirit. Funded arts projects don’t focus on Art or Truth.
Recipients frequently tend to be propagandists. Moreover, these taxpayer-funded
‘artists’ have an inclination to produce work that paints a hostile picture of
Australia. These alleged works of art are designed to win praise from a
self-appointed cultural elite that holds a thoroughly distorted and antagonistic
view of our country. It beats me why ordinary Australians should be dragooned
into funding those who have nothing but contempt for them and their values.
Education
Educational spending per pupil has
never been higher in real terms –– so why are educational standards falling? Why
are so many children functionally illiterate? Bureaucrats, union officials and
politicians have no business experimenting with the children of others. If new
methods of teaching English and mathematics are developed then let them be
decided upon at the level of the school. This can only be done through a voucher
system. In other words, market processes. Those schools that fail their pupils
will be forced to close. Those that succeed in raising educational standards
will flourish.
Just as we have separation of church
and state so we should have separation of education and state. A state-funded
education system that denies the mass of Australians a genuine choice of schools
ultimately breeds social engineers who will replace education with
indoctrination. Factoids will prevail and not facts. In my opinion it's
impossible for state-funded education to teach about the necessity and values of
liberty, private private property and respect for the inalienable rights of the
individual.
Classrooms are for learning, not
politics. If children are to be taught politics let it be done by their parents
and not by political activists masquerading as teachers. A voucher system is, I
believe, the only way to bring about a significant rise in educational standards
while at the same time driving politics out of the classroom.
Nuclear Power
As for the economics of nuclear
versus coal, gas, whatever, let the free market sort that out. God bless the
profit motive. Energy is the lifeblood of any economy. We cannot afford measures
that will cut living standard by artificially raising the cost of electricity.
This is a prime reason why decisions to build power stations should be left to
market processes and not politicians and green ideologues. In addition, Mr
Howard's idea of Australia becoming an energy superpower is marvellous.
Defence
Australia's armed forces should be
equipped with the most up-to-date military technology that is available –– no
matter what it is. We need a Military and an Intelligence service that will
effectively deter any potential enemy. This also means that the American
alliance should not be weakened in any way. Like it or not, we are now in the
midst of another World War, which is going to get a lot worse.
(Listen to my song: Act of
War)
Israel
Israel is the only legitimate state
in the Middle East. Not because of its history. Not because the Jews have been
persecuted and therefore deserve a land of their own, but because Israel is a
productive, freedom loving pro-Capitalist Democracy that respects rights and
protects its citizens. Israel is a beacon of light and Western values smack in
the middle of the barbarism of the Middle East.
May Israel prevail!
The USA
The United States is not just a
nation –– it’s an ideal. It is the wealthiest nation on the planet. Yet it
wasn't created as a nation of money. It was designed as a Land of Liberty. It
was founded on Universal principles. Its wealth is simply a CONSEQUENCE of those
principles. Any nation at any time which adopts American Ideals such as the Bill
of Rights and the Right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, can
achieve what America has achieved. There's nothing magic about it.
Australia has nothing in common,
ideologically or culturally with Asia. Like the USA and the UK, we are a nation
of the Enlightenment. Check out my website: DiscoverThomasJefferson.com
Government
I’m a Classical Liberal. I DO believe
in Government. I’m not an anarcho-capitalist. I don’t believe in “big”
government OR “small” government as such. Government does not need to be small
or even efficient. It simply needs to be effective in its primary
function: Defending individual rights. Defending the citizen against those who
initiate physical force against him. Government should confine itself to
its basic functions.
Politics
It’s good! I like it. I love it. I
recommend it. If you have the stomach for it, please do it. Politics is an
honourable profession. Government is not a “necessary evil”. And join the Free
Market Roundtable our unofficial group of Liberal Party members dedicated to
promoting Free Market principles within the Liberal Party and across the
community: FreeMarketRoundtable.ORG
John Pasquarelli
I was at the Policy Assembly meeting
in 2006 that voted to decline John Pasquarelli’s application to rejoin the
Liberal Party. Although I don't agree with Mr Pasquarelli on a lot of things, I
was greatly saddened by the rejection of his application. He’s a good man. And
he’s NOT in any way a “racist”. That's total baloney. We need more people like
him. Listen to my interview with John Pasquarelli at: prodos.solidvox.com
Multiculturalism
It's not about celebrating
“diversity”. If only it was. Its aim is to undermine all core Western values
such as Democracy, Capitalism, individualism, rights, freedom, reason, science
and technology, the pursuit of happiness –– by pretending that so-called
“traditional” cultures (whatever the hell that means) are as worthy as modern
culture. Well, they’re not. This is just racist, retrogressive rubbish. We
should stop celebrating (and funding) tribalism and start celebrating (and
liberating) the Individual.
Islam
Islam is NOT a “religion of peace”.
But Christianity is exactly that. Individuals like Grand Mufti Sheikh Taj El-Din
Hamid Hilaly, are NOT fringe-dwelling extremist nutcases. The Sheik is an
Islamic scholar –– probably without equal in Australia. He knows his Koran
inside out, back to front.
His "controversial" statements over
the years are NOT accidents or errors or misunderstandings. They are not
misrepresentations of Islam. Every statement can be backed up by reference to
mainstream Islamic canonical texts. Sure, he may be "embarrassing" to some
Muslims. But there isn’t a single one of them who'd be able to refute him on the
basis of Islamic texts, or go one-on-one with him to demonstrate the Sheik has
at any point contradicted or misrepresented Islam or the words of Mohammed.
Then there’s the “moderate” Islamic
Council of Victoria (ICV). It recommends and links to a website called
Islam-Online.NET which advocates the murder of apostates. Don’t take my word, go
and see for yourself: However, by publishing these
verifiable facts, has BrookesNews.com just breached
Victoria’s Racial & Religious Tolerance Act? Is Gerard Jackson going to play
it safe and gag himself by not publishing this information?
Let’s find out.
Capitalism
I worship Capitalism. I jump for joy
when I see the products of Capitalism around me. And if you aren't doing that
too, then you don't yet understand the true Magnificence of Capitalism. Open
your eyes! Open your soul! You see, it's actually not about money as such. It's
about freedom and creativity. Give people freedom, and some will use it to write
poetry, others will use it to travel, others will use it run schools, and others
will use it to produce and trade, and get rich, rich, rich!
I LOVE Capitalism!
Join my campaign at: CelebrateCapitalism.ORG. It’s now operating in 43 countries
around the world. And download my song: (I
feel so) Capitalissimo! Favourite Thinkers
Ludwig von Mises. Ayn Rand. John
Locke. Frederic Bastiat. Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Sowell. Justice Clarence
Thomas. Carl Menger. Friedrich von Hayek. Andrew Bernstein.
Australian Heroes
Here are just a few: Pastor Daniel
Nalliah. John Howard. Gerard Jackson. Frank Penhalluriack. Geoffrey Blainey.
The Liberal Party
First I want to shout from the
highest mountain top: “John Howard Forever!”
Do you want to know what I really
think about the Party at the moment? We have too many power-lusting mediocrities
running things, pulling strings, bending rules, undermining the members, and
wrecking this Great Party. Too many pretenders puntzing about with no connection
to the community, no respect for democratic principles, no commitment to free
market principles and individual rights. The members know this. And if you’re a
Liberal Party member reading this, I know that YOU know it!
We need to purge the Party of these
fools. We need individuals who understand grassroots campaigning. Who relish
debate and open discussion within the community. And we need individuals who
don't just go around promising every man and his dog taxpayer-funded handouts.
We have many, many excellent
individuals within the Party. Positive, creative, freedom-loving, principled
individuals.
If you’re one of them, phone me now
on: 9428 1234 (Melbourne, Australia)
Let’s make the Liberal Party of
Australia the Party of free thinking and free markets.
So we can make Australia the Creative
Capital of the World!
BrookesNews.Com
Monday 30 April 2007
Labor
Markets
Minimum wage laws should be abolished. Effective minimum
wage rates (those which exceed the market rate) are destructive and immoral.
They’re an offence to human decency. Neither minimum wage laws nor collective
bargaining or Unionism can raise real wages or living standards for everyone.
They never have and they never will. All they do is create unemployment and
undermine Australia's prosperity and liberty.