GWW wrote:After similarly high expectations, it looks like Turnbull will be just as big a dud as Rudd.
It's got to be the worst time in history to be in power doesn't it?
The growth of minority parties as made it difficult to actually pass any legislation without selling your sole on another issue or washing it down to the point it doesn't achieve its primary objective anyway.
Politics has become more about reelection and the cash windfall that comes with it, rather than actually governing the country.
Historically the opposition would generally support anything that was seen as a benefit for the country.
Now it's simply a case of blindly oppose, block and stifle till the point the country gets fed up and kicks the current government out and you now get your turn in the hot seat.
We've always had minor parties, celebrity candidates and grandstanding pollies, however the increase of these three, together with the diminishing attention span of society as a whole, the growth of the entitlement generation and the financial pressures that demand you get back in power asap rather than wait your turn in opposition has all but destroyed any chance of either side of politics formulating a long term plan and sticking it through to see it implemented effectively over a number of years.
I don't think it matters who's in power, simply put, even if they were competent, the system no longer allows them to prove it!
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 5:18 pm
